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Logs0012
05-29-2009, 05:05 PM
How do i get the parking break off? I have 3 bolts out (can't find anymore) so i proceeded to give the bolts in the engine compartment a couple love taps and nothing, i proceeded to beating the bolts for 20 minutes and every hit the bolts v out.
FSJ Guy
05-29-2009, 05:55 PM
What part of the parking BRAKE are you trying to remove???

The pedal assembly?

The equalizer cable?

The actual parking brake on the wheel?
Logs0012
05-29-2009, 05:59 PM
pedal assy.
jaber
05-29-2009, 06:07 PM
On the ones I've pulled, I pull the 1 bolt and 2 nuts and it rolls down and out. The cable was the hardest part to get out, and that wasnt hard at all. :huh:
Logs0012
05-29-2009, 06:10 PM
yea it won't budge. how do you get the cable off?
jaber
05-29-2009, 08:37 PM
I pull them cable still attached.
FSJ Guy
05-29-2009, 08:39 PM
IIRC, you have to loosen the cable (take out the slack) and use pliers (needlenose helps) to pull the cable up and fish it out of the pedal assembly.
Logs0012
05-29-2009, 08:58 PM
just pull real hard or does it screw off?
jaber
05-29-2009, 10:17 PM
I have the assembly off a truck, I'll try to remember to get you good pics in the morning.
Logs0012
05-29-2009, 10:23 PM
Thanks. All I needed to do was clean it up a little and check the wiring behind it and no I'm going to have to re thread the bolts.
jaber
05-29-2009, 10:31 PM
If you have a welder and a die grinder, it might be easier to cut the old ones out and weld new bolts into the bracket. GL.
Logs0012
05-29-2009, 10:36 PM
Well I don't know how to weld but I'm real good with an angle grinder and I have some JB weld.
jaber
05-30-2009, 12:34 PM
Heres the pics...

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh14/jeffaber/Parts/E-brake001.jpg

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh14/jeffaber/Parts/E-brake002.jpg

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh14/jeffaber/Parts/E-brake003.jpg

HTH.
Logs0012
05-30-2009, 12:51 PM
how do i get that nut thingy off the end of the cable?
jaber
05-30-2009, 04:02 PM
There is a clip on the other side that comes off (see pic #2) and the nut thingy doesnt come off. Just pull the clip off and the cable out through the slot and it will come down out of the hole.
Logs0012
05-30-2009, 07:51 PM
Problem solved! There are 4 places that hold it, not 3.
KaiserMan
05-30-2009, 07:59 PM
Yeah I meant to reply to this like 5 hours ago. I pulled the brake pedal assembly off the 65 and remembered the 4th bolt hidden away. You can barely see the thing up there.
Logs0012
05-30-2009, 08:46 PM
I didn't see it, I felt it. i shoved my hand up through the wiring to look for a nut or something and sure enough, there it was.