Need pics of rear e-brake cable attachments - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

cowdoc · 04-02-2007, 10:27 AM

Hi folks,

Truck must be missing something, there is nothing for the rear e-brake cable housing to mount into, or I may have gotten the wrong cables.

The cables end partway up the trailing arms, and will attach fine to the intermediate cable (which might also be wrong but I doubt it.)

Looking in my chassis service manual it shows a bracket on the trailing arm which is missing. Doesn't look like there's any hole to bolt it in either. Did some cables end at the hole in the frame? Seems like having the end of the cable being mobile would allow up-down motion of the suspension to apply the brakes by changing the effective length of the cables???

thanks for any help.

cowdoc · 04-02-2007, 10:28 AM

Sorry, forgot to add it's an Eaton rear (HO52).

Tx Firefighter · 04-02-2007, 11:33 AM

There are brackets spot welded to the outside of the trailing arms about 1/2 way back down them.

rlm316 · 04-02-2007, 11:46 AM

Check the inside of the arm. If they were replaced they may have been reversed, and that would put the brackets on the inside.

cowdoc · 04-02-2007, 04:31 PM

OK then, at some point in the past the truck lost the brackets. There are some spots that look like old spot-welds, just no bolt holes.

Does anyone make these brackets, or do I get to fab them/have them fabbed?

**oldgold70c10** · 04-02-2007, 07:54 PM

I don't know, but when I redid my ebrakes, I took a lot of pictures, so this may help:

cowdoc · 04-03-2007, 01:06 PM

Thanks much for the pics OldGold. That's kinda what I had in mind for the brackets to look like; helps to see where on the arm they should mount.

Guess I might be able to scrounge something from a junkyard too, but looks like a pretty easy cut-n-weld job...have to see how much it'd cost.

stsalvage · 04-03-2007, 09:05 PM

hello here are some more brake pics hope they help

04-02-2007, 10:27 AM	#1
cowdoc Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: central NY Posts: 19	Need pics of rear e-brake cable attachments Hi folks, Truck must be missing something, there is nothing for the rear e-brake cable housing to mount into, or I may have gotten the wrong cables. The cables end partway up the trailing arms, and will attach fine to the intermediate cable (which might also be wrong but I doubt it.) Looking in my chassis service manual it shows a bracket on the trailing arm which is missing. Doesn't look like there's any hole to bolt it in either. Did some cables end at the hole in the frame? Seems like having the end of the cable being mobile would allow up-down motion of the suspension to apply the brakes by changing the effective length of the cables??? thanks for any help. __________________ Jacob '67 C20 fleet/wood; 250/SM420, coil rear...it's a work truck

04-02-2007, 10:28 AM	#2
cowdoc Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: central NY Posts: 19	Re: Need pics of rear e-brake cable attachments Sorry, forgot to add it's an Eaton rear (HO52). __________________ Jacob '67 C20 fleet/wood; 250/SM420, coil rear...it's a work truck

04-02-2007, 11:33 AM	#3
Tx Firefighter Watch out for your cornhole ! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Azle, Texas Posts: 14,162	Re: Need pics of rear e-brake cable attachments There are brackets spot welded to the outside of the trailing arms about 1/2 way back down them. __________________ I'm on the Instagram- @Gearhead_Kevin

04-02-2007, 11:46 AM	#4
rlm316 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Woodstown, NJ Posts: 669	Re: Need pics of rear e-brake cable attachments Check the inside of the arm. If they were replaced they may have been reversed, and that would put the brackets on the inside.

04-02-2007, 04:31 PM	#5
cowdoc Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: central NY Posts: 19	Re: Need pics of rear e-brake cable attachments OK then, at some point in the past the truck lost the brackets. There are some spots that look like old spot-welds, just no bolt holes. Does anyone make these brackets, or do I get to fab them/have them fabbed? __________________ Jacob '67 C20 fleet/wood; 250/SM420, coil rear...it's a work truck

04-02-2007, 07:54 PM	#6
oldgold70c10 Who's got steelies? Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Morrison, Oklahoma Posts: 1,026	Re: Need pics of rear e-brake cable attachments I don't know, but when I redid my ebrakes, I took a lot of pictures, so this may help: __________________ 1969 C10 LWB W/ 250 I6 & 3spd 1970 C10 with '67 small window cab, 68 front end, blue; 305/TH350, 3.08 limited slip rear end, manual brakes, power steering; & 4-wheel drums-My daily driver. 1975 Chevelle Malibu Classic Coupe 350/th350 mint green 1970 C20 Suburban 350/700R4 4.10 gearing green & white 1978 Big 10 Silverado 350/th350, working ac, 2 tone blue-My summer daily driver 1983 GMC 1500 Sierra 305/SM465 2.73 rear end How to add a trip odometer to your 67-72 stock speedometer How to rebuild your Q-Jet My Truck Page My Youtube Channel Last edited by oldgold70c10; 04-02-2007 at 07:57 PM. Reason: make pictures work

04-03-2007, 01:06 PM	#7
cowdoc Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: central NY Posts: 19	Re: Need pics of rear e-brake cable attachments Thanks much for the pics OldGold. That's kinda what I had in mind for the brackets to look like; helps to see where on the arm they should mount. Guess I might be able to scrounge something from a junkyard too, but looks like a pretty easy cut-n-weld job...have to see how much it'd cost. __________________ Jacob '67 C20 fleet/wood; 250/SM420, coil rear...it's a work truck

04-03-2007, 09:05 PM	#8
stsalvage Scrapper 1 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Riverside Calif Posts: 1,649	Re: Need pics of rear e-brake cable attachments hello here are some more brake pics hope they help Attached Images



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