Firebat

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I have a 4th gen rear, 4th gen console, 4th gen ebrake cables. I can't figure out the 4th gen ebrake lever. Its not like the 3rd gen where the lever is directly hooked up to the ebrake cable. There is a gear/wheel thing on one side of the lever where the cable hooks up and on the other side there is a spring which pulls the gear/wheel.

Problem is the spring seems to pull the cable so that it is already half way. If i pull the lever all the way up the spring doesn't expand and kind of falls off on one side.

How do i make this lever work?

justlearning

do u still have your old rear end by chance i desperatly need the ebrake brackets for rear discs and cant find them any where any help would be very appreciated!!! thanks
John
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Firebat

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i found information on the lever. Its a self-adjusting feature or something.

justlearning - my old rear has drum brakes. sorry.

justlearning

np thanks for the reply though

Orinackra

are you going to install the 4th gen lever? Does it go in the same way? Im just curious as to why you'd want to change I guess.

Firebat

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I'm putting in the 4th gen lever for 2 reasons:

I'm using a 4th gen center console

I'm using a 4th gen rear and i have the 4th gen ebrake cables.

The 4th gen lever bolts in to the same spot as the third gen. You might be able to hook up 3rd gen ebrake cables to the lever but i dont know. The problem i'm having right now is that i have to make custom brakets underneath for the 4th gen ebrake cables.

Norwood

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You are right about it being self-adjusting. I did the same thing and had to get all three brake cables from a 4th gen to get it to work right. The 4th gen front cable has a "cylinder" crimped onto the cable (like a bicycle brake cable) where it attaches to the handle ratchet. The 3rd gen uses a "bullet" type end with a hole in it that slips over a hook on the ratchet. The other end has a built in equalizer ( a tee that the rear cables attach to) that is not adjustable (the 3rd gen had a threaded rod thru the equalizer to take up slack). The front of the rear cables have the exact same crimped "cylinders" as the front of the front cable which slip into the equalizer.
The only thing I had to do was relocate all three tabs where all 3 cables join up in the transmission tunnel. The front cable is about 2 inches longer than the original cable so a new tab was welded where it would hold the cable after the front of the cable was hooked up to the ratchet handle. With the handle all the way down and the gears rotated forward you pull the cable thru the sleave to take out all the slack and then fasten the 2 rear cables to the equalizer which will tell you where you will need to weld the tabs for these 2 cables. Just remember to not compress the built in springs on the 2 rear cables when locating these 2 tabs.
It's pretty self explanatory once you get all the right parts in your hand, just keep in mind that all the slack goes to the rear and the other gear in the handle takes up any slack that accumulates with wear or stretch.