E-brake installation

[0z0ne]

Excellent reason to have the hand brake Watt!
I am not about the condition of my brake lines, but that is all the more reason to get them check and install my e-brake, ha ha.

Thanks so much guys, and Charlie your curb idea is excellent for an emergency, I didn't even think of that!

[Charlie1717]

Thanks so much guys, and Charlie your curb idea is excellent for an emergency, I didn't even think of that!

I suggested the jack/stands/creeper kit from Sears :p
WmWatt suggested the curb haha

Regardless, it is good to keep in mind in an emergency! For now I'll keep using the jack and stands haha.

Good luck on the install! Have you posted pics of your festy yet?

[Hot_Wheels]

i did the my aspire cable when i did the swap, the only thing i messed up is i think the cable was suppose to run over the tank but i ran mine under? its been a year, it works though so it was no big deal

[0z0ne]

I'm sorry dude! Just trying to keep up with all of these replies and respond to all of you, humph.

All the same, I really appreciate everyone putting their word in.

[CharlieZ]

OzOne. Don't want to divert the thread but while your on brakes, be sure to check the steel lines in the front fender area. There is a right angle bend in the lines - both sides - right where the lines come thru the body panel from the engine bay into the wheel well. Mud and dirt - stays wet - collects in the bend causing eventual rusting out of the lines. Clean the area and get an inspection mirror to see what you can see. My experience blowing thru a red light with a semi coming from both left and right is cause for my post. Good thing they accelerate slow. The left hand line rusted thru.

[Aspire]

You will need to remove the back seat and both back wheels to make the task easier. There is a bracket under the carpet with two phillips screws that needs to be loose in order to feed the cable through the floor

The carpet is actually the hardest part of the whole job...unless you're seatbelt bolts are frozen...but then again, I don't remember if you Festy guys have to worry about the seat belt bracket; on the Aspires, there is no way around it & some of them can get stuck pretty bad.

[scitzz]

Just buy a set of small jackstands for about $20. They will be worth it, and you can consider it part of your tool budget. You do have a tool budget, right? If not, work one out. Any man worth being called a man has one...

[thered56]

while your on brakes, be sure to check the steel lines

Excellent point. I lost my brakes on an F250 going downhill around a corner into a quiet neighbourhood with narrow winding roads. Too bad sometimes those are the kind of things that happen before a person realizes just how important it is to inspect brake lines and the like.

[frankm201]

Well I had that e-brake problem and I fixed it by puttin some pb blaster on the swivel that is right before the drum get a pair of pliers and work it a bit after I did this I can drag my tires and I rock toyo tr1's on my festy

[0z0ne]

Hey guys, it's funny we are talking about this stuff....
i'm about to post something that happened to me today in a new thread.

Give me a few to type it up and have a look.