Re-routing of parking brake cable

[Rookie Vette owner]

I have had the parking brake clip on the trailing arm moved to the top of the a-arm for tire clearance, so how do I route the cable now? Outside of arm or inside? I have heard that routing on the inside makes the cable too long!

 

[GerryLP]

Installing a 4-speed auto in mine, also drove me to this same issue, for the transmission's cross member for a 200-4r moves the E-Brake pulley position aft about 4 inches, and this creates the same condition on the E-Brake cables at the rear.

What I did, was to add a spacer at the point where the rear E-brake joins the the E-brake's handle cable.

Perhaps, you can see the best route to yield the least slop and then make up for that play with a spacer. :shrug

 

[Bob Heine]

I have had the parking brake clip on the trailing arm moved to the top of the a-arm for tire clearance, so how do I route the cable now? Outside of arm or inside? I have heard that routing on the inside makes the cable too long!

I also moved the clip to the top of the trailing arm. Routed it inside the arm -- the other way would put the cable back where it started. I didn't try but I don't think it's even possible to route the cable outside the arm once the clip has been moved. Once it was back together and I adjusted the center pull, there was plenty of adjustment left when it was set.

 

[Rookie Vette owner]

I also moved the clip to the top of the trailing arm. Routed it inside the arm -- the other way would put the cable back where it started. I didn't try but I don't think it's even possible to route the cable outside the arm once the clip has been moved. Once it was back together and I adjusted the center pull, there was plenty of adjustment left when it was set.

Thanks for the info, I'll give it a shot this weekend when I get back in the garage. By the way, the yellow funnel? Vent? Filling diff? Thanks again. Tom

 

[Bob Heine]

Thanks for the info, I'll give it a shot this weekend when I get back in the garage. By the way, the yellow funnel? Vent? Filling diff? Thanks again. Tom

Filling the differential. I used to just squeeze the lube in with a plastic bottle but spilled quite a bit. No big deal when it was $2 a quart. Piece of new, left-over 1/2-inch copper, clean heater hose and funnel. By accident it was just the right length to hang on the fender lip so every drop went in.