72 duster resto
Retrofitting my parking brake cables to work with the 8.8. I know there are others who've just cut the stock brake cable shroud to get access to the cable wire itself and then built loops to grab the actuator on the back of the brake housing. I ended up taking a different approach. Grabbed a set of 2005 grand cherokee brake cables that I picked up for $26. Theyre about 18" longer than stock so I cut them down. The axle ends fit the housings nicely clipping into the factory ford 8.8 parking brake loop and the cables have a rectangular slot that fits the actuator with a little persuasion.
On the other side where I cut the housing I was able to route that through the factory hole under the car where the stock ones mount with the clip. From here you basically have to make a choice of how you want to connect both the stock exposed cabling system and the exposed portion of the new cable. I wasn't aware of any other method of building my own "Ball" at the end of my freshly cut cable that might fit into the factory cable to cable link. I dont know the term for it either if there is one lol.
For right now I have this clamp placed over both cables, but still looking for a better more permanent solution before I start adjusting the cable tensions. If I end up staying with this, i'll add a few more just for extra strength and to tidy it up.
Also grabbed a good set of new hardware to get my rear shocks mounted to the new shock plates and bought some weld tabs for mounting the soft brake lines to the housing in a manner that will allow me to bolt them on in correct position. After that's sorted, the rear is done til the engine / trans go in.
Retrofitting my parking brake cables to work with the 8.8. I know there are others who've just cut the stock brake cable shroud to get access to the cable wire itself and then built loops to grab the actuator on the back of the brake housing. I ended up taking a different approach. Grabbed a set of 2005 grand cherokee brake cables that I picked up for $26. Theyre about 18" longer than stock so I cut them down. The axle ends fit the housings nicely clipping into the factory ford 8.8 parking brake loop and the cables have a rectangular slot that fits the actuator with a little persuasion.
On the other side where I cut the housing I was able to route that through the factory hole under the car where the stock ones mount with the clip. From here you basically have to make a choice of how you want to connect both the stock exposed cabling system and the exposed portion of the new cable. I wasn't aware of any other method of building my own "Ball" at the end of my freshly cut cable that might fit into the factory cable to cable link. I dont know the term for it either if there is one lol.
For right now I have this clamp placed over both cables, but still looking for a better more permanent solution before I start adjusting the cable tensions. If I end up staying with this, i'll add a few more just for extra strength and to tidy it up.
Also grabbed a good set of new hardware to get my rear shocks mounted to the new shock plates and bought some weld tabs for mounting the soft brake lines to the housing in a manner that will allow me to bolt them on in correct position. After that's sorted, the rear is done til the engine / trans go in.