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Parking Brake Issues
Replaced the main parking brake cable, seemed a little too long. Lot's of slack even adjusted all the way tight. Do the cables coming out of the backing plates stretch a lot? Parking brake won't hold the truck on a hill.
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Re: Parking Brake Issues
All of the above... Make sure your rear brakes have good tread and adjusted so that they barely touch the rim when rotated.
Spray lubricant on the cable sheathing might help. On one of my trucks I had to add some shims (larger sized nuts) on the backside of the adjusting bolt so that they would tighten enough. |
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Re: Parking Brake Issues
Thanks for the quick reply. I was thinking about some shims. There is also a bracket/guide on the passenger side that I was thinking of making shorter, but I don't want to mess it up if I have to replace the backing plate cables and things get too short.
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Re: Parking Brake Issues
I don't want to insult you or anything. But, you do have the cable looped through the thingys that hook to the frame? I memory serves these are on the frame sorta under the door.
The reason I ask is this same thing happened to a "friend" of mine, yeah a friend.
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Re: Parking Brake Issues
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Re: Parking Brake Issues
The cable is running through both guides. I was under the impression the rear brakes self adjusted, might have to pull things apart and see what's up. This on a '69 C-20 if it matters.
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I always pre-adjust the brakes and then every once in a while, when I can remember and their ain't no one behind, I'll go in reverse and stomp the brakes. |
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