Parking brake return spring

[tshaw72low]

The springs on the cables that goes into the drums, are weak, I just replaced both of mine to fix that same problem.. After replacement works fine, break comes all the way back to top.

May want to try that, they are cheap to replace..

[northerngmc]

Originally Posted by tshaw72low

The springs on the cables that goes into the drums, are weak, I just replaced both of mine to fix that same problem.. After replacement works fine, break comes all the way back to top.

May want to try that, they are cheap to replace..

What did you change? Just the springs or did you purchase rear brake cables?

[rlm316]

The parking brake rear cable is made as a unit with the spring captured in the end. The crimped end of the cable is connected to the arm that is hooked behind the brake shoe, so you will need to disassemble the rear brakes. The cable assembly is connected to the backing plate with either a bolted flange or a self setting spring clip. The other end is connected to the trailing arm with a seperate spring clip. If your cable is floating and not connected to the backing plate, That cable or plate needs to be replaced because it pulled through the opening. If there is tension on the cable it will cause your brakes to drag on that side wearing out your shoes. I just replaced all the cables on my '70 C20 and '85 C10. I think that I paid around $25-$30 ea. for the cables and Advance had them in stock for the '85. The ones for the '70 were higher, I think $35 ea. They were bought at a different store and they were Raybestos cables. Hope this helps, Lane