I bought two new cables from Jim Carter but they do not appear to fit. I know there has been many threads on this and I have read everyone. The problems I am having and finding any that actually fit for a 1950 3100 are: 1) The parking brakes sold are roughly 41". Mine originals are around 38". 2) The clamps that bolt to the backing plate has one that goes through to the end side of the backing plate and one that stays on the outside. My originals are sandwiched together and only go on the outside. 3) The length of the cable that has the spring on it where it attaches inside the drum is 2" longer than the original. This is causing a lot of slack. Slack that can be taken out if pulled on enough but at that point the spring is compressed and the threaded ended becomes to long where it attaches at the yoke. When let loose it just falls off the inside hook and if you try to turn pull on the cable nothing happens because of all the slack. (I am not sure how much this cable is meant to pull when the parking brake is compressed? 4)The new ones do not include the metal piece that goes inside the clamp.
So since most of the extra length is in the spring end I am just wondering how hard it may be to cut the spring and wire back two inches and buy a cable stay and see if that works or not. I think I am mostly wondering what I would need to crimp a cable stay and if the wire will fray beyond repair.
