- Mar 7, 2017
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gentleman,
another evening working on the car, and another issue. we successfully installed rear lowering springs, isolators, and shocks. while having everything open we started looking at the emergency brake setup. previous owner did a 5 lug conversion (everything from 99-04 new edge, except front spindles are 94-95). he told me he never hooked up the e brake.... come to find out he completely lied about that for some reason. he def had it hooked up, it just had come done. essentially, I believe the brake cables on the car are from a 99-04. he removed this steel piece and (poorly) mounted it up near the e brake lever. he never made the modification to the handle, and judging by the gouges on my center console near the handle, it got jamm3d up and he had a hard time getting the lever to release and that's why the brake was no longer working.
from LMR I ordered their "87-92 w/ disc" emergency brake hook up kit. the 2 supplied emergency brake lines, essentially utilize all of the factory 92 setup, and the shroud covering the cable is much shorter. i watched their 5 lug disc conversiom video on everything emergency brake relayed (or begins at the 9 min mark). even though they never mentioned it in the video, the fox they are doing it on, has the longer 99-04 cables and it is utizling the steel fabricated piece, which has 2 holes in it and locks the cables in place. (I provided a photo after I removed one of the cables). my question is, do I remove that 99-04 cable mount piece, and use the brake cables I just bought from LMR, which use the 1992 factory mounting locations (pictured), or do I try and use the current setup?? I apologize if this is hard to comprehend, I can relay information much better speaking, as opposed to trying to explain it via typing. any input is appreciated....
another evening working on the car, and another issue. we successfully installed rear lowering springs, isolators, and shocks. while having everything open we started looking at the emergency brake setup. previous owner did a 5 lug conversion (everything from 99-04 new edge, except front spindles are 94-95). he told me he never hooked up the e brake.... come to find out he completely lied about that for some reason. he def had it hooked up, it just had come done. essentially, I believe the brake cables on the car are from a 99-04. he removed this steel piece and (poorly) mounted it up near the e brake lever. he never made the modification to the handle, and judging by the gouges on my center console near the handle, it got jamm3d up and he had a hard time getting the lever to release and that's why the brake was no longer working.
from LMR I ordered their "87-92 w/ disc" emergency brake hook up kit. the 2 supplied emergency brake lines, essentially utilize all of the factory 92 setup, and the shroud covering the cable is much shorter. i watched their 5 lug disc conversiom video on everything emergency brake relayed (or begins at the 9 min mark). even though they never mentioned it in the video, the fox they are doing it on, has the longer 99-04 cables and it is utizling the steel fabricated piece, which has 2 holes in it and locks the cables in place. (I provided a photo after I removed one of the cables). my question is, do I remove that 99-04 cable mount piece, and use the brake cables I just bought from LMR, which use the 1992 factory mounting locations (pictured), or do I try and use the current setup?? I apologize if this is hard to comprehend, I can relay information much better speaking, as opposed to trying to explain it via typing. any input is appreciated....
