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| | | | Joined: Jul 2022 Posts: 7 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2022 Posts: 7 | I am having a difficult time trying to hook up parking brake cable to brake shoes it keeps popping off. And also hav8ng a difficult time getting shoes up where they belong.
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 2,242 Herder of Cats, Goats, and Sheep (moderator) | | Herder of Cats, Goats, and Sheep (moderator) Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 2,242 | Can you post a picture of the assembly as it currently is? We might be able to give you some tips based on that. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 2,074 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 2,074 | Take a look at Brakes in Tech Tips on this site. Best of luck! | | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 10,996 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 10,996 | What size truck? 1/2 ton?
The service manual covers the brakes pretty well. If 1/2 ton, they're the same up thru about 1970. The parking brake cable should have a barrel shaped piece on the end that clips into the actuator arm for the parking brakes. If you get it clipped in correctly, it shouldn't come loose.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | |
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