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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Jefferson, MD
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parking brake not working
Title says it all. I just had my new trailing arms put on, the parking brake hooked up on both sides, but they don't work. I got under the truck, noticed there was a lot of play in the lines, tightened it up as far as I could, but they still don't work. When I press the parking brake pedal, I don't feel any force until I'm about halfway down, then it gets tight as it should. Having taken out the play underneath the truck, is there any place else I can tighten it up to get the ebrake working again?
thanks in advance!
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Peculiar, Missouri
Posts: 125
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Re: parking brake not working
Did the cable come loose from the hooks? Just in front of the rearend connection there is a hook on either side to pull the cable over to the frame. If that's come loose you could have slack in the cable.
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Huntersville, NC
Posts: 8,298
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Re: parking brake not working
did you use the original parking cables from the truck???....There are LWB and SWB parking cables.....Also, i think I read somewhere that you need to depress the Pbrake about halfway down and then hook up the cables from under the truck....make sense?
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Location: Benton, AR "The Heart of Arkansas"
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Re: parking brake not working
www.inlinetube.com has replacement brake cables, stainless or OEM-style.
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Concord, CA
Posts: 147
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Re: parking brake not working
Check inside the cab behind the parking brake mechanism. My cable housing was not secured so pushing the pedal would only pull the housing without pulling the cable. I fastened the housing to the firewall and my parking brake worked great afterwards.
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