handbrake reassembly

[John_Mc]

Holy Cow!!! Can someone please shed some light on the secret to reassembling the handbrake mechanism, cables and all?!? I swear this is proving to be the most difficult part of the rear suspension project so far! That whole contraption is like a freaking Rubik's Cube to me (which I never mastered)! I try and get one part together and another comes apart and so on, and I can't seem to get any more slack in the system. I have the cables in place (though not hooked up to the brakes yet) and I still can't get them joined to the handbrake AND get the handbrake back in its mounting. I'm going nuts here! Any wisdom appreciated.

 

[Tinster]

The Devil's own they are.

When ya have figurated it out??

Post a whole bunch of photo for us other
guys what failed the install as well.

 

[DNK]

I don't remember a problem. Is it in the rear or the front the hassle?

 

[John_Mc]

Oops, sorry Dale, no pics of that procedure. Don, the problem was in the front at the connection of the cables to the brake lever. But what I did was assemble everything except the bolt that holds the brake arm to the body and I put a piece of tree branch (yes, that's right) through the hole the bolt goes through. I cut it short enough that i could still fit the arm through into its mounting. Once I got the arm in place I pushed the stick out with the bolt as I slid it through. Once the bolt was part way through to keep that confounded metal plate from slipping, I was able to wiggle it the rest of the way through. An ordeal it was, but once I came up with the stick idea it went reasonably well. I was actually going to use a carrot, but I found the stick first and was too beat to go upstairs to hunt vegetables. Still, you'd think they could've designed an easier way. I imagine once those cables stretch a little bit, a different method would make more sense.

 

[DNK]

carrot, OOOOKKK
Going to have to add that to my tool box, guess I'll but it next to the celery

 

[angelfj1]

For a moment there I thought this was the food network forum. :lol:

 

[Flinkly]

it was probably a stick of rosemary. for flavor. way to spice up the car!