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Ok before anyone tells me to do a search I already did and cant find a deffinet answer. I swaped a rear end with disk brakes from a 95 Firebird Fromula into my 87 T/A that orginally had drums and I have an issue with the e-brake cable not fitting. Now I did a search and read that a set of 92 camaro e-brake cables that are the 1st desing will work fine, I was wondering if anyone of you guys have experience with this.
And do the cables criss cross each other ie. the passenger cable goes to the driver side and the driver goes to the passanger side.
this is a pic of what my e-brake set up looks like, with the one cable connecting to a bracket then the two cables hook to that.
oh ya I am not a very good fab person and don't have access to a welder eather
And do the cables criss cross each other ie. the passenger cable goes to the driver side and the driver goes to the passanger side.
this is a pic of what my e-brake set up looks like, with the one cable connecting to a bracket then the two cables hook to that.
oh ya I am not a very good fab person and don't have access to a welder eather
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That's my pic you have there.. 
I have experience with this. Yes, you need the cables you described, and no, they don't criss-cross each other. Passenger side stays on the passenger side. You shouldn't need a welder or anything, the cables simply "bolt in". If you cannot find the cables, let me know and I'll help ya out.
Look here for a complete how-to:
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/tar...tos.yahoo.com/
HTH...Ed
I have experience with this. Yes, you need the cables you described, and no, they don't criss-cross each other. Passenger side stays on the passenger side. You shouldn't need a welder or anything, the cables simply "bolt in". If you cannot find the cables, let me know and I'll help ya out.
Look here for a complete how-to:
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/tar...tos.yahoo.com/
HTH...Ed
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If you already have the 4th gen cables (as in they came with the rear axle), don't bother with the 3rd gen ones. You can get the 4th gen ones to fit and they clear the exhaust a lot better and are exposed to dirt and whatnot a lot less (they are sheathed for almost their entire length.
The 4th gen ones will require bending those channel parts of that bracket the main cable bolts to so that they hold the cable sheath but it is pretty easy to do. Once you get the cables up there and look at it you will see what needs to be done. The only other thing you would need to do at that point is re-adjust that threaded rod that comes off the main cable and goes into the bracket. I had to back mine off quite a bit.
If you have to buy something, the 4th gen cables are probably pretty easy to come by out of a bone yard too so it might save you some cash either way.
The 4th gen ones will require bending those channel parts of that bracket the main cable bolts to so that they hold the cable sheath but it is pretty easy to do. Once you get the cables up there and look at it you will see what needs to be done. The only other thing you would need to do at that point is re-adjust that threaded rod that comes off the main cable and goes into the bracket. I had to back mine off quite a bit.
If you have to buy something, the 4th gen cables are probably pretty easy to come by out of a bone yard too so it might save you some cash either way.
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