extending parking brake cables

[mwood1985]

im putting a 6 inch lift on my dd k5. ive got a manual trans swapped in and id like to keep my parking brake. do I just need to extend the cable under the door where it meets the adjuster or is there another way of going about it?

 

[electrichicken50]

I also have a manual and wanted to keep me e brake. I used a piece of uni-strut, solid with no holes, to lower the mounting point for the lines off the axle. I then used a piece of cable I had laying around to make a new intermediate cable.

 

[mwood1985]

thats what I was thinking just extend the intermediate cable. I wonder if any of the parts stores carry a replacement cable that has the same ends as a chevy

 

[paratrooper307]

An option may be to get a parking brake cable from a pickup. The donor truck for the axle I put under my blazer still had the parking brake cable attached, and it was about half a foot longer than the cable already on the blazer.

 

[mwood1985]

hmm that could work too. would you happen to remember what year it was?

 

[paratrooper307]

According to the guy I bought it from it was an 86 K20. As far as long bed or short, I'm guessing long bed. It had the 14 bolt sf with the JB7 13 inch brakes.

 

[owenst7]

You can buy crimp ferrules at any hardware store that sells steel cable. They go on the end and get crimped in to place to be used as an in-line stop. I've made lots of hood release cables and I've used them for years to make snares. I know that appears to be exactly how ebrake cables are constructed, but I'm not sure where you could get the sheathing. You could probably find a cable that's too long, cut it to length, and crimp a new ferrule on the end.

I use the hydraulic crimper from Harbor Freight. It works really well for battery cables too.

 

[FAB454]

Local Car Quest used to make custom cables. I don't think it was a nationally offered svs but it might be worth calling a fiew.

 

[dremu]

You can buy crimp ferrules at any hardware store that sells steel cable. They go on the end and get crimped in to place to be used as an in-line stop. I've made lots of hood release cables and I've used them for years to make snares. I know that appears to be exactly how ebrake cables are constructed, but I'm not sure where you could get the sheathing. You could probably find a cable that's too long, cut it to length, and crimp a new ferrule on the end.

I use the hydraulic crimper from Harbor Freight. It works really well for battery cables too.

The only part that requires the sheath is the part from the axle to the frame; there's a separate segment under the cab. These can be hand-made as above pretty easily; just keep the factory sheathed section.

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