removing or relocating emergency brake handle
 

Has anyone ever removed or relocated the console mounted emergency brake
handle on their late model TJ? I live in a flat city and have never used the
emergency brake on any vehicle I've ever owned. I would love to be able to
use the area this thing takes up for a center console.

Isn't the emergency brake just connect to the rear brakes, so that if the
brakes go out for some reason, the emergency brake isn't going to do any
good anyway, it's just for keeping stress off the trans when parked on an
incline, right?

Thanks,

Ed in Chicago

Re: removing or relocating emergency brake handle
 

It's the law:
http://www.sos.state.il.us/publicati...rr_chap11.html
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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Edward wrote:
>
> Has anyone ever removed or relocated the console mounted emergency brake
> handle on their late model TJ? I live in a flat city and have never used the
> emergency brake on any vehicle I've ever owned. I would love to be able to
> use the area this thing takes up for a center console.
>
> Isn't the emergency brake just connect to the rear brakes, so that if the
> brakes go out for some reason, the emergency brake isn't going to do any
> good anyway, it's just for keeping stress off the trans when parked on an
> incline, right?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed in Chicago

Re: removing or relocating emergency brake handle
 

It's the law:
http://www.sos.state.il.us/publicati...rr_chap11.html
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Edward wrote:
>
> Has anyone ever removed or relocated the console mounted emergency brake
> handle on their late model TJ? I live in a flat city and have never used the
> emergency brake on any vehicle I've ever owned. I would love to be able to
> use the area this thing takes up for a center console.
>
> Isn't the emergency brake just connect to the rear brakes, so that if the
> brakes go out for some reason, the emergency brake isn't going to do any
> good anyway, it's just for keeping stress off the trans when parked on an
> incline, right?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed in Chicago

Re: removing or relocating emergency brake handle
 

"Edward" <nospamedward_mc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:WEGdnTS3n4t_AtiiXTWJjg@comcast.com...
> Has anyone ever removed or relocated the console mounted emergency brake
> handle on their late model TJ? I live in a flat city and have never used
the
> emergency brake on any vehicle I've ever owned. I would love to be able to
> use the area this thing takes up for a center console.

It's just a cable... you should be able to relocate it easily. Any junkyard
will have dozens of different setups to choose from, sitting in the vehicle
that hosted them. Find one you like and work from there... the handle
cable goes underneath, then gets split into two with a yoke, where it
then goes to each back wheel. That makes this system easily adaptable
from one vehicle to another.

That said, you take your life into your hands when you go changing
factory setups, especially with something as critical as a brake system.
Standard disclaimer applies.
__
Steve
..

Re: removing or relocating emergency brake handle
 

"Edward" <nospamedward_mc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:WEGdnTS3n4t_AtiiXTWJjg@comcast.com...
> Has anyone ever removed or relocated the console mounted emergency brake
> handle on their late model TJ? I live in a flat city and have never used
the
> emergency brake on any vehicle I've ever owned. I would love to be able to
> use the area this thing takes up for a center console.

It's just a cable... you should be able to relocate it easily. Any junkyard
will have dozens of different setups to choose from, sitting in the vehicle
that hosted them. Find one you like and work from there... the handle
cable goes underneath, then gets split into two with a yoke, where it
then goes to each back wheel. That makes this system easily adaptable
from one vehicle to another.

That said, you take your life into your hands when you go changing
factory setups, especially with something as critical as a brake system.
Standard disclaimer applies.
__
Steve
..

Re: removing or relocating emergency brake handle
 

My old '89 YJ had the e-brake on the floor. Must be a way to relocate
it somehow- maybe parts from a YJ would do it?

"Edward" <nospamedward_mc@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<WEGdnTS3n4t_AtiiXTWJjg@comcast.com>...
> Has anyone ever removed or relocated the console mounted emergency brake
> handle on their late model TJ? I live in a flat city and have never used the
> emergency brake on any vehicle I've ever owned. I would love to be able to
> use the area this thing takes up for a center console.
>
> Isn't the emergency brake just connect to the rear brakes, so that if the
> brakes go out for some reason, the emergency brake isn't going to do any
> good anyway, it's just for keeping stress off the trans when parked on an
> incline, right?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed in Chicago

Re: removing or relocating emergency brake handle
 

My old '89 YJ had the e-brake on the floor. Must be a way to relocate
it somehow- maybe parts from a YJ would do it?

"Edward" <nospamedward_mc@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<WEGdnTS3n4t_AtiiXTWJjg@comcast.com>...
> Has anyone ever removed or relocated the console mounted emergency brake
> handle on their late model TJ? I live in a flat city and have never used the
> emergency brake on any vehicle I've ever owned. I would love to be able to
> use the area this thing takes up for a center console.
>
> Isn't the emergency brake just connect to the rear brakes, so that if the
> brakes go out for some reason, the emergency brake isn't going to do any
> good anyway, it's just for keeping stress off the trans when parked on an
> incline, right?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed in Chicago

Re: removing or relocating emergency brake handle
 

Ed, Steven wants you to know he takes full responsibility for suggesting
the relocation of emergency brake, and will supply attorneys to
represent you in future litigation. ;-)
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Steve Cowell wrote:
>
> It's just a cable... you should be able to relocate it easily. Any junkyard
> will have dozens of different setups to choose from, sitting in the vehicle
> that hosted them. Find one you like and work from there... the handle
> cable goes underneath, then gets split into two with a yoke, where it
> then goes to each back wheel. That makes this system easily adaptable
> from one vehicle to another.
>
> That said, you take your life into your hands when you go changing
> factory setups, especially with something as critical as a brake system.
> Standard disclaimer applies.
> __
> Steve
> .

Re: removing or relocating emergency brake handle
 

Ed, Steven wants you to know he takes full responsibility for suggesting
the relocation of emergency brake, and will supply attorneys to
represent you in future litigation. ;-)
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Steve Cowell wrote:
>
> It's just a cable... you should be able to relocate it easily. Any junkyard
> will have dozens of different setups to choose from, sitting in the vehicle
> that hosted them. Find one you like and work from there... the handle
> cable goes underneath, then gets split into two with a yoke, where it
> then goes to each back wheel. That makes this system easily adaptable
> from one vehicle to another.
>
> That said, you take your life into your hands when you go changing
> factory setups, especially with something as critical as a brake system.
> Standard disclaimer applies.
> __
> Steve
> .

Re: removing or relocating emergency brake handle
 

Your first mistake is in referring to them as Emergency Brakes, they are
Parking Brakes.

No, there is no way to move them unless you have fabrication skills that
will let you mount a foot operated parking brake in tghe very tight
footwells of your TJ.

Finally, the parking brake system is mechanical. It is operated by cables,
not hydraulics, so if the hydraulic system fails, there is a mechanical back
up. Since there is no way to keep pressure in the hydraulic system when your
foot isn't there, then we need the parking brake and its ratchet mechanism
to keep the brakes holding when nobody is there.





"Edward" <nospamedward_mc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:WEGdnTS3n4t_AtiiXTWJjg@comcast.com...
> Has anyone ever removed or relocated the console mounted emergency brake
> handle on their late model TJ? I live in a flat city and have never used
the
> emergency brake on any vehicle I've ever owned. I would love to be able to
> use the area this thing takes up for a center console.
>
> Isn't the emergency brake just connect to the rear brakes, so that if the
> brakes go out for some reason, the emergency brake isn't going to do any
> good anyway, it's just for keeping stress off the trans when parked on an
> incline, right?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed in Chicago
>
>