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on my 1950 there is a rod that connects the park-brake to a cross bar that pulls the brake cables. The rod is in two parts. It kinda looks to me that there was a short bed rod, and an extention that fit into it, but I'm not sure. At any rate I bought a new rod and it is about ten inches too short, so I am thinking I need another piece (based on the broken piece I took out of there). The truck had some repairs in the past and I am not certain that the parts I took out are really original. Does anyone have some information about the rod(s) that connect from the park brake to the frame-crossing bar that actually pulls the brakes? Did I mention it is a long bed truck?

AusTex

Take a look at this, night help clear things up. I’m not sure what you mean by long bed, mine is a 1950, 3604 (3/4t) all original. Scroll thru, there are a couple of pics in there:

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2872219070098611668JmjLaJ

Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL

Aus Tex,

I have the same truck as Denny but my rod is presently out of the truck. I restored all the components but have not reinstalled it yet. If this is the style you are looking for reply and I will measure it. One thing you will find when rebuilding or replacing parts is the repro clevis's available are usually shorter so you have to make some adjustments for length.

That is correct piece all right.
I bought what I thought was a replacement from Jim Carter parts, but I only got one rod (51 inches long) instead of the two rods joined at that clevis hinge. I don't have the rod that has the T-shaped end (or maybe it's a pin through a hole, my old part is too badly rusted to tell).

Did I get the wrong part?

http://www.oldchevytrucks.biz/47_55/full.asp?page=86 (Part# MEB299)

Chances are you got the 3100 series stuff I looked through my Carter catalog but there is no drawing. Let me measure and shoot pictures of all my restored stuff. I will post it tomorrow with a link for you and you can then see what else you may need. Was the spring and wire clip that hold back pedal pressure on your truck? there is an S-clip, a long wire hook and a spring that attaches to the frame. I will shoot pictures of those as well. They attach to the clevis where the two rods come togehter under the truck. I will lay everything out like it goes together on my shop floor and then shoot the pictures for you. I noticed that my 3/4 assembly was significantly different then the 3100 items I saw available. The nice thing is you can fabricate replacements using readily available rods cut to length and the various pieces available form the vendors.

You can buy threaded rods and clevis from hardware stores; i don't know if the thread will match.

I have a 47 long bed, and the pkg brake rod I ordered was also too short. I ended up using threaded rod from the hardware store and spun on two bolts to hold the spring. It works fine and cost a fraction of the too short rod from Carters.

I have added the pictures to my webshots album so you can see the various pieces against a measuring tape. Hope this helps Aus Tex.

http://community.webshots.com/user/RugerWSM?vhost=community

Thanks Brad, that helped me as well.