Diy E-Brake Fix

[dustyinthedirt]

it has been over a year and i was wondering how the ebrake is holding up thinking of doing this to mine tomorrow

[Eagle]

 

 

2 dock washers (not a misspelling) to replace the hump if you had to cut it out, they look just like normal washers just really thick, ask about em COST: about 7 bucks.

 

One 2 1/2 inch bolt to replace the pin that held the secondary bracket, pedal and main bracket together, make sure it is as tight a fit as you can find, *get a grade 3 bolt and a grade 8 standard nut, i will explain later

 

What size dock washer, and what size bolt? "2 1/2 inch" is not a size, it's a length.

[A-man930]

I very well may be tackling this fix over the winter. Resto work!

[cruiser54]

It might be just enough to pass state safety tests or whatever that is.  But for a permenant fix this writeup is the only one i know about. 

 

EDIT: Something that might help without completely dismantleing the assembly is to replace the small retaining spring that holds the keeper arm against the pedal.

Are you thinking that a heavier duty small retaining spring could be a total cure? 

[cruiser54]

Curiosity got the best of me last night and I took my park brake ratchet out. 

 

May have found something....

 

http://comancheclub.com/topic/47303-new-parking-brake-fix/

[A-man930]

Here's another version of the fix:

 

http://comancheclub.com/topic/48483-parking-brake-pedal-fix-unverified/