parking brake cable

[stonemaster]

they dont make em anymore, what do you guys do if one breaks (like mine) ???? anybody got some for sale ???

[muleskinner]

^^ Look for them on festivas in junk yards. I got lucky and pulled one for mine off a Festiva in a junk yard. I even needed brake adjusters which I got also. The whole brake cable system is easy to remove from a Festy.

[Pu241]

The whole brake cable system is easy to remove from a Festy.

Yeah, its the reinstallation that's going to be a PITA! LOL

[Chobobulous]

My e-brake has not worked for 2 years now. Well it kind of engages when you pull up all the way.

Just find somewhere flat to park and leave it in 1st.

Cheap fix.

[bravekozak]

Also, don't go for a drive up Market Street in San Fran in the middle of rush hour.

[Pu241]

My e-brake has not worked for 2 years now. Well it kind of engages when you pull up all the way.

Just find somewhere flat to park and leave it in 1st.

Cheap fix.

They can be fixed for very cheap, using parts from Lowes.
Depending on were your cable broke, usually on the passenger side guide which hold moisture and the cable rusts through/snaps when engaged.

[Chobobulous]

They can be fixed for very cheap, using parts from Lowes.
Depending on were your cable broke, usually on the passenger side guide which hold moisture and the cable rusts through/snaps when engaged.

Its not broke. Im pretty sure its just streched. I think that if I tightened the middle part it would work again. The tightener is just rusted real good.

[skeeters_keeper]

Chob, Have you already tightened the adjuster on the e-brake handle all the way? And loosened the pivot points inside the rear drum?


As far as the OP is concerned - you can get them brand new from fourgreen. http://www.fourgreen.com/store/scrip...T-p-KK15344150
Double check the part # on that.... and I'm not sure how much shipping will cost you. But I'd love to buy a brand new one from them, if just to have it on hand.

Before fourgreen popped up it was impossible to find them new, and sometimes they would get pricey on e-bay etc. I've sold them for >$80 before. I have an extra one but I'm inclined to keep it, unless you want to pay me more than it would cost for me to buy a new one from fourgreen :p

[Chobobulous]

Chob, Have you already tightened the adjuster on the e-brake handle all the way? And loosened the pivot points inside the rear drum?

Ive tightened it up at the handle all the way. Never got around to ckecking the pivot point

[stonemaster]

Yea pu
, thats what happened and I gotta have one for a NC inspection

[stonemaster]

We rigged it with a couple of cable clamps for now but I wanna be ready for next time

[Bert]

We rigged it with a couple of cable clamps for now but I wanna be ready for next time

If you use the search feature you will discover that FourGreen sales out of Korea still stocks all manner of Festy parts and you will not be able to beat their prices. It's a bit convoluted to deal with these people (you have to use a Russian parts manual to identify what it is you need (parts numbers) and Festys are referred to as Prides and Mazda 121s outside of n. America, but for sure they will have what you want.

[drddan]

I see in the above posts, that no one has messed with the pivot in the rear drums!
This is an important piece of the E-brake system. The pivots get rusty and freeze up, thus doing exactly as desribed in above posts.

Take the rear drums off, remove the pivot parts, clean them as best you can, put the pivot in a vise and then take a hammer and tap around sideways on the pivot until it gets free. There are 3 pcs to the pivot, get them to all pivot freely. What you are trying to do, is spread the rivet heads that hold the 3 pcs together, just a little. This will free up the pivot pcs so they can move. After they are free, grease the heck out of 'em and re-install.

Voila! A working E-brake! You will be astonished at how well they work after this is done.

[Bert]

I see in the above posts, that no one has messed with the pivot in the rear drums!
This is an important piece of the E-brake system. The pivots get rusty and freeze up, thus doing exactly as desribed in above posts.

Take the rear drums off, remove the pivot parts, clean them as best you can, put the pivot in a vise and then take a hammer and tap around sideways on the pivot until it gets free. There are 3 pcs to the pivot, get them to all pivot freely. What you are trying to do, is spread the rivet heads that hold the 3 pcs together, just a little. This will free up the pivot pcs so they can move. After they are free, grease the heck out of 'em and re-install.

Voila! A working E-brake! You will be astonished at how well they work after this is done.

That presumes you have an intact cable from front to back and side to side. But you are quite right; the pivot point of the brake adjusters inside the drum (on both Festy and Aspire versions) on my cars have to be freed up at least once a year. Which means clamping in a vise and using a hammer or large pliers to move the arm until it's unseized again. At same time is good idea to free up the toothed 1/2 adjuster wheel; they've often become stiff too.

[muleskinner]

Yeah, its the reinstallation that's going to be a PITA! LOL

I installed the one I took out of the Festy in the junk yard with no problem. I greased up the cable & fished it through the floor first, connected it to the brake handle, then installed the rest of it all the way to the adjusters, that I also got from the same Festy. Ta-da!!