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Old 04-21-2020, 03:23 PM   #2
mr48chev
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Re: Emergency brake cables on 51 short bed

I can't really describe the exact makeup of it but if you still have the old rear end and cables you should be able to mount the cables off the rear end under the truck just about where they would line up the same as the old cables did. (brackets might work with mods) and fab up connector pieces to go from that cable to the cross bar using the clevis off the old cable and maybe enough of the cable to reach the piece that connects the end of he late model cable to the intermediate cable on the donor. That stamped steel hook thing that the ends of the cables go in. With the length figured out you can swag or have ferrules swagged on the cable.
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