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Im trying to intall all the parking brake components in my RR wheel, where there was nothing at all beyond the cable. Does this bracket that attaches from the cable to the shoes look right? Does the part through the backing plate sit at this 45 degree angle? The part with the hook that attaches to the cable looks to me like its seated correctly in the backing plate, bc it sits nicely in the squared off opening in the backing plate.
2nd, the ball end of the cable itself will not move, and its nowhere near where it needs to be to attach to the above bracket. Theres slack on the line btwn the mounting brakets on the trailing arm and where it V's under the car. What am i missing? Why cant i pull the cable out futher? Thanks for any help anyone can give!
You have a LH lever in the RH arm. The levers should be stamped LH or RH. If Lone Star then LS is stamped in them, if Bairs no ID on them. Doesn't matter as the shoe hooks are backwards.
The anchor appears to be not sitting flat against the plate but the lock is in place. The 4 nuts for the arm studs are missing or removed, which you don't have to do for parking brakes?
I would grind down the old rivets flush with the flange face as well.
You have a LH lever in the RH arm. The levers should be stamped LH or RH. If Lone Star then LS is stamped in them, if Bairs no ID on them. Doesn't matter as the shoe hooks are backwards.
The anchor appears to be not sitting flat against the plate but the lock is in place. The 4 nuts for the arm studs are missing or removed, which you don't have to do for parking brakes?
I would grind down the old rivets flush with the flange face as well.
Well, that's interesting, bc, both parts of the lever are marked RH. Sorry, but I am a complete newbie to this, so what parts are the shoe hooks you are talking about? Also what part is the anchor, that is not sitting flat? And of course, what are the 4 studs you are talking about? So, sadly, the only part of your reply I understood is to grind down the old rivets flush to the flange.
Thanks, I do have the factory service manual, but that pic wasn't making sense. Your actual pic is more helpful, but based on GTR1999 above, now I think I'm even more confused!
Here is a RH parking brake I just assembled last week.
You can see how the lever fits the shoes, the lock washers & nuts in place, and the anchor block.
Gary, as usual, an incredible asset to this forum. Thank you for your very clear pics. Can I assume the 4 studs you were talking about in the earlier post are the ones that the nuts go on to hold the backing plate in place? if so, I took the nuts and lock washers off so I could move the backing plate around to get the bracket to feed through, so all good there, I will reinstall the nuts once I get the bracket in place. And, I'm calling cheating for doing the parking brake with the spindle removed, haha!
Yeah, ive done drum brakes many times before. Ive even done my grand cherokee's parking brake which is similar to our ,c3's in that its a drum brake setup inside of a rotor. Unfortunately, i cant compare the drivers side parking brake, even tbough it works like it should. There's no way to see the parking brake assembly with the rotor on, and i cant get the caliper bolts loose, and dont want to cause a problem where there isnt one trying to get the caliper off.
Another thing to keep in mind is that the adjuster is NOT like drum brakes where both sides have the star wheel towards the rear. It's opposite on the one side since there's no self adjusting bit as on drums. Star on the right hand IIRC but it's on that picture I posted and Garys as well
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Ok, on to my 2nd part of my original post. Should the ball end of the cable out inside of the sheath? Like i said above, its nowhere near the lever that operates the brake shoes.
Where the cable crosses over to the other side, in the middle it connects to the cable that goes up to the handle inside the car. You might need to back everything off to get some slack
Check the second picture than Peterbuilt posted #12
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Ok, i took the cable out of the brackets and was able to get it to attach to the lever at the parking brake. Now, how do i get it back in the brackets? Also, i beleive the spring thats up against the lever should be behind the last little bracket that's behind the backing plate for the rotor, right?
I just disassembled one of mine and got stuck trying to get cable OUT of bracket and you may be able to use this method to get it in. Firstly..brake lever fully disengaged, backed off the adjusting nuts between front and rear cable, backed off shoe star wheel, then grab the whole trailing arm and pull rearward. I could then use the weight of the assembly to keep in that position to free the cable from the bracket. Good luck!
If iremember..lay cable where it needs to be…then grab ball with vice grips and pull ball into cup fnal half inch..there is a little spring slack there.
Parking Brake hardware question
