Grant,
Replacing the bolt on plates with brazed push type connectors sounds like it
should work. It's too bad a cable has to be made to adapt the parking brake
connections on these 10 bolt chevy rear ends. There must be some way to
adapt the 10 bolt rear end parking brake without having to make a cable, but
I don't know of one. What you did sounds like the best option I've heard so
far.
Thanks,
steve
51 3100
-----Original Message-----
From: Grant Galbraith [mailto:trks@javanet.com]
Sent: Monday, June 28, 1999 3:16 PM
To: Steve Wilson; oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Parking Brake Hookup Mods
Steve
I posted a similar question when I was putting a 58 rear in my 50 and
didn't get any tips. I went to Napa trying to match up a cable but they have
a
limited in stock inventory and I didn't get lucky. I made up some cables
that
look like they belong out of old ones. I take it you have the type on the 10
bolt that push in a hole in the backing plate and the 51 has plates that
bolt
on. I removed the crimped on plates that bolted and brazed on the push type
connectors. I was also fooling around and found that you can drill on some
fine
threaded rod and braze new adjuster ends on these cables but be sure you
don't
use the cables that have plastic liners.
Grant 50 3100
Steve Wilson wrote:
> I have a 51 Chevy 3100 that has the original rear end replaced by a 10
bolt
> chevy. The original parking brake cables are not compatible with the 10
> bolt's backing plate. Can anyone give me some guidance as to how to hook
up
> the parking brakes?
>
> Should I try to swap out backing plates? Or do I need to get a new pedal
> assembly and cable?
>
> I can't figure out how to go about this adaptation.....
>
> Thanks,
>
> steve
> 51 Chevy 3100
>
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