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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 208 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 208 | 1958 apache 3200. I am re-doing the entire brake system. Lines, cables, etc. Top to bottom.
1 catch so far is I don't know how to remove the old e-brake cables from the truck.
I got them out of the brakes easy enough - how do you get them out of the frame?
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| | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | looky here - the spring acts to keep the cable from rubbing the back of the tire, release it but don't lose it - the small bracket at the end of the outer housing the cable goes into has a clip [should] inside it, remove that clip and the cable will pull out after you undo it from the clevis where the 2 cables join the front cable Bill | | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 864 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 864 | Sometimes on the end of the cable there is 3 small fingers...
Use a pipe or deep socket, even a box end wrench to collaspe the fingers to remove cable thru hole in frame... | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 | I use a small screw-type hose clamp to collapse the spring fingers, then pull the housing assembly back through the hole in the backing plate.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 554 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 554 | I use the screw clamp too. Don't tighten it any more than just enough to get it started thru the backing plate. Its easier to feed thru the hole if you really crank it down but the fingers lose most of their spring if you do that (he reminds himself).
Chuck | | | | | Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 208 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 208 | Thanks guys - I already have the cable out of the backing plate.
I have not removed the spring yet & will take a closer look at where it goes through the frame.
Squeeze - as you look at your picture - follow the cable up until it enters the frame. That is the spot I need help with. How do I get the cable out of there?
The new cables will show up in the next couple of days. I'd like to have everything ready. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 | Look at the back side of the bracket- - - -away from the cable. Use a mirror and a bright light if necessary There should be a hairpin-shaped spring clip retaining it that can be removed with a little ingeneuity. Sometimes there's a flat spring retainer similar to the one that holds the frame end of a brake hose in place.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | .... the small bracket at the end of the outer housing the cable goes into has a clip [should] inside it, remove that clip and the cable will pull out after you undo it from the clevis where the 2 cables join the front cable
Bill | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,112 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,112 | My advice is don't throw the old ones away until you have the new ones installed and you are staisfied! | | | | | Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 208 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 208 | Truckernix - I'll take your advice. | | |
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