Parking brake linkage - help!

[limey66]

OK, So I got the cable that comes from the stupid under-dash umbrella thing poking through the firewall, and I've got the cable from the rear brakes to the u shaped bracket and a threaded rod (with a dog leg in it) under the car. From the parts books I can see that I need a pivot bracket, which I don't have. I can buy one from pretty much anywhere, but how does it fit? Any pics guys?

Thanks.

 

[LMan]

The shop manual has a nice diagram...of course, you'd have to have a shop manual to see it...

 

[limey66]

Not very clear in my shop manual... It shows all the components, but not exactly how that lever fits to the car.

I think the lever is called the equaliser.

 

[krash kendall]

The piece you are missing just interlocks into a slot on the passenger side by or on the tranny mount. Everthing else just fits together Rube Goldberg fashion.

 

[limey66]

The piece you are missing just interlocks into a slot on the passenger side by or on the tranny mount. Everthing else just fits together Rube Goldberg fashion.

Krash, who the f is Rube Goldberg???

 

[krash kendall]

Rube Goldberg was the creator/inventor of those crazy machines of intense complication that did simple tasks using rolling balls, ramps, toasters, alarm clocks, levers, and all sorts of appliances. You used to see examples in Bugs Bunny or Tom and Jerry cartoons. The old board game Mousetrap is a good example. There is an annual Rube Goldberg competition over here that university teams enter to build the most complicated machines for something as innane as frying an egg for example. To describe any device or system as Goldberg-esque is basically saying that it is a jumble of seemingly unrelated components assembled to complete a simple task.

Edit: I found a link http://www.rube-goldberg.com/html/contest.htm

 

[limey66]

Now I see! I love that kinda 'Doc Brown' stuff. Thanks Krash.