rangerenthiusiast
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- Hudson Valley, NY
- Vehicle Year
- 1992
- Make / Model
- Ford
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- 4.0
- Transmission
- Automatic
Hey, all.
Coming down to the last of a long list of repairs to my 1992 Ranger Custom. The parking brake cable was shot when I got the truck. Ordered a new one from Dorman and have fed it through the firewall, seen here for reference:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/108xOzQRmN_NUymVL0ZiiVdGajWVHpA6Y/view?usp=sharing
The problem comes in threading it through the actual parking brake pedal bracket assembly. Initially, I had the cable routed behind the shoulder toward the back of the bracket, but that didn’t seem right. So I instead threaded it through the hole in the bracket, seen here in close-up:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wAXnB5_LjRowo4OkKHNsBiF74ZmKD-aA/view?usp=sharing
The obvious problem is that when the parking brake pedal is applied, the cable contacts the sides of the hole and the protective insulation on the cable gets scraped off (you can see some damage from this in the above photo, from my initial attempt at depressing the pedal). I’m thinking that there should be some kind of grommet protecting the cable where it passes through the hole. Unfortunately, I can’t find anything like that online and the dealership has advised me that they don’t have any listings in their system before model year 2000.
Can anyone please tell me the following?
1. Does it look as though I’ve routed the cable correctly?
2. Should there be a grommet in the hole mentioned?
3. If the answer to #2 is “yes,” does anyone know where I can find one?
Junkyards aren’t an option (unfortunately) as none exist in my area, due to
local ordinances.
Thanks so much for any help at all!
Coming down to the last of a long list of repairs to my 1992 Ranger Custom. The parking brake cable was shot when I got the truck. Ordered a new one from Dorman and have fed it through the firewall, seen here for reference:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/108xOzQRmN_NUymVL0ZiiVdGajWVHpA6Y/view?usp=sharing
The problem comes in threading it through the actual parking brake pedal bracket assembly. Initially, I had the cable routed behind the shoulder toward the back of the bracket, but that didn’t seem right. So I instead threaded it through the hole in the bracket, seen here in close-up:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wAXnB5_LjRowo4OkKHNsBiF74ZmKD-aA/view?usp=sharing
The obvious problem is that when the parking brake pedal is applied, the cable contacts the sides of the hole and the protective insulation on the cable gets scraped off (you can see some damage from this in the above photo, from my initial attempt at depressing the pedal). I’m thinking that there should be some kind of grommet protecting the cable where it passes through the hole. Unfortunately, I can’t find anything like that online and the dealership has advised me that they don’t have any listings in their system before model year 2000.
Can anyone please tell me the following?
1. Does it look as though I’ve routed the cable correctly?
2. Should there be a grommet in the hole mentioned?
3. If the answer to #2 is “yes,” does anyone know where I can find one?
Junkyards aren’t an option (unfortunately) as none exist in my area, due to
local ordinances.
Thanks so much for any help at all!
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