Shortening a Parking Brake Cable on the brake mechanism itself

[Kpt112]

Greetings,

I am doing a modification on my FFR Mk4 emergency brake by installing a different setup. I am having trouble with the length of the actual cable on the brake itself and have decided it need to be shorten to fit my setup.

Does anyone have a suggestion on what to do to cut and reattach the mounting hardware? Below are some photos of my brake.

Where can I find a new bracket that will be easy to install and be strong?


Many thanks for assistance
Kevin

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[durk]

I had to shorten my cables and I found some crimp on swages that I put over the cut cable ends and then I gas welded a ball on the end of the cable then slid the swage down to it and crimped the swage on the anvil worked great

[CraigS]

Be careful about shortening that cable. Especially if you leave the 1 into 2 adapter on there. If you pull the handle to it's full travel that adapter gets right up onto the piece the cable wraps around. Also it can interfere w/ the floor/tunnel aluminum so that you may not be able to pull the handle up fully.