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Old 04-27-05, 07:51 AM
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temp. fix for e-break cable (parking break)

..>>>>THIS IN NO WAY IS MENT TO BE A PERMANENT FIX<<<<..


its amazeing how much money you can save by going to home depot, I had to pass the safty inspection today so I went to home depot and got some cable the same size and some swagers and a swager tool. Total cost = less than 30 buks. How it makes the breaks feel.. like new. You must lift the car high enough so that you can move freely underneath. I had the car about 2 feet in the air, and still strugled. I will let everyone know how long it last as soon as it breaks or slips to far to hold the car. I have done several attemps to anialate the make shift cable. still nothing has gone wrong. I have held the car with this cable up to 3000 RPMs.

THIS IN NO WAY IS MENT TO BE A PERMANENT FIX

Where I live the short cable cost 79 and the others cost 89 each.. I only had to replace the one under the handle, that goes to the driver side rear wheel. It took me all of 30 minutes to put on. BE CAREFULL

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and just in case if you missed it.. THIS IN NO WAY IS MENT TO BE A PERMANENT FIX

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Hmm... this sounds like a great permanent fix!

Good job though, considering Mazda replacement e-brake cables run about sixty bucks here.

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Is this ment to be a perminent fix?
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this is not ment to be a permanent fix.. well if you want a permanent fix you can also have someone weld the ends together.

I still haven't had any 'slippage' or 'looseing' of the cable i replaced a few months ago.

as soon as it drys out.. i'll crawl under and take some pics of the quick fix also pics of the tool and supplies used.
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cool, imma get it done in my car. THANKS FOR THE PERMANENT FIX IDEA!
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I did a similar fix on my old '82. It held for two years and was still going strong when I sold it.

Sounds PERMAMENT TO ME!
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all most a year.. still no slippage
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pics!
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definatly toss up a pic or two. im interested!
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bumpity i'd like to know more about what cables you used? are they like the high tension stuff they use on sail boats?

i need to re-do my ebrake, i seem to have stretched mine pretty badly on a few offroad journeys.
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Was it antenna cable, stainless cable or winch cable???? Please
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Standard hardware store 3/32-1/8" steel cable works fine. Same wire cable used in comealongs.

BTW, to be the usual butthead.

You broke the brake cable, you did not break the 'break' cable.
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