Emergency Brake question.

[DantheMayun]

Recently replaced front emergency brake from 95 pathy out of junk yard hooked it all up.. but the cable that goes out to the car where you can adjust it doesn't really line up... I had to put a spacer in between and take a nut out so that I could crank the nut that holds the two cables all the way up! Now my question is...

 

Are the emergency brake lines lines stretched in the back somehow?

 

Also I havn't had my emergency brake ever since I redid the brakes in the back maybe I hooked something up wrong when I did them?

 

I need some guidance here.

 

Btw the emergency brake works, but on a steep hill I really have to tug the handle hard and pull it the whole way up so that the car will stay still.

[silverton]

A WD21 with a sorta working e-brake? I won't believe it, I just won't!!!!

 

Seriously though, cables could be stretched, or the e-brake shoes could be worn. The e-brake in these trucks is a drum style and the shoes may be worn.

[Precise1]

Yes, the cables could be stretched, mine are. Also if the rear drums are not adjusted correctly, that can have an efect also. I am about to address both these issues, so I'll keep you informed as to what I have to do.

 

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