Re: Rear brakes are backwards?
 

A scan or picture would be much appreciated. Please note the correct email
address is sconradpt@yahoo.com.

"Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 2 Oct 2004 19:15:06 UTC "Stephen R. Conrad"
> <sconrad@telecommunity.to> wrote:
>
>> On my 86 Commanche 2wd longbed the rear brakes are configured just the
>> opposite from any picture or description I've seen in the manuals
>> (Clymer,
>> Chilton, Haynes, ebay CD's, part's store computers). What I mean is the
>> pictures all show the parking brake cable entering the backing plate from
>> the front of the car. On mine, the cables curve around and come in from
>> the
>> rear. That places the parking brake lever found inside the drum on the
>> leading brake shoe instead of the trailing shoe like is shown in the
>> pictures. This also affects how other hardware inside the drum is
>> arranged.
>> Like the self adjuster mechanism (screw, lever, cable and spring) and the
>> strut that goes between the shoe and the parking brake lever. Do I
>> reverse
>> all these other parts by using the left hardware kit on the right brake
>> and
>> vice versa? Several of these parts were left out by a previous owner who
>> probably had the same questions.
>
> I've got the FSM for the MJ covering your year (published July 85 with
> updates thru 1988) and it is perfectly clear: the parking brake lever
> is mounted on the REAR shoe. The maual doesn't have a clear picture
> of the cable entry, but on my 88 (also long bed, but 4wd) the cable
> entry holes face the front and I've never seen one face the rear on
> anything. I've got to go with Bill here: someone put the brakes
> together bass-ackwards. I can scan and send you a copy of the
> diagrams if you need them.
>
> Good luck on the cable, BTW. I broke one and wound up doing some
> creative fabbing with a Chevy cable and a swaging tool
>
> --
> Will Honea