The very original rear cables were cut off. So I don’t know how they compare with newly purchased cables. ll new cable are the same length as each other over different brands. I took the old front cable off and it’s identical in length as the new cable.
When I bought this Ranger last year. The rear brakes would lock up when you barely touched them. It was during a snowy day and I took a wire cutter to relive the tension. I then bought new cables for the rear. Installed them and they would fall short from coupling to the front cable. Thinking I was given faulty (short) cables I bought another set of another brand. Both the Wagner and Duralast are the same length. That was last March. Out of frustration I stopped and ran the truck without parking brakes attached. Thus week I decided to revisit the issue. This week I bought all three new cables (Raybestos) and the front matches the old front cable. The two cables match up with the spring end length, sheath length, cable length and the stick out length at the front of the cable. After all this I still have the issue.
I’m looking to see if the mechanism has an issue. Is it now unwinding fully? Completely unwound the lug in the end of the cable is at the 9:00 position if you look at the parking brake mechanism like a clock. Should it unwind closer to 1:00 direction?
I have so many duplicate parts and they all are correct for the 1993 extended cab but nothing allows me to connect the front cable to the rear cable using the proper cable coupling.
there is evidence a previous owner was working around the mechanism as the switch wire has a crimp slice. Do did the P. O. Change out the mechanism? I don’t know? I have a mechanism from another Ranger, i think a ‘95? I may try to use it if I can’t figure this out? The mechanism in the truck has the tension pin hole. The newer mechanism does not.
I have disassembled the rear brakes and hooked up the cables. However when I reassemble the rear brakes everything is tight and parking brake spreads the shoes and cannot get the drum back on.
Thanks