tomskydog

Dear Readers, I created an aluminum block to help with the issue of parking brake cable stretching. This replaces the stock cable joint where the intermediate cable joins the 2 rear cables. My sincere apologies to anyone who is actually a machinist. This is to give YOU an idea for fixes, and I do not claim to have passed ANY SAFETY tests that may be required by any law or regulations. I used a circular saw and a vice. I know it's ugly, but it worked for the issue of cable stretching. My next idea is that the bell crank that is attached to the rear cable end doesn't pivot correctly, because the steel bellcrank wore into the aluminum axle housing end, that the bell crank is supposed to pivot against. I do not have a fix for that yet, nor do I know that it is THE issue. The problem I was working on yesterday was, that after stomping my P brake pedal to death, I ripped the cable end out of the swedged front cable end at the pedal mechanism. Point being, the cable stretching is just ONE of the problems with this atrocious design. I have a '70 Cutlass, and the parking brake works JUST FINE. I wish my '02 avalanche had rear drums.