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JIMLAND
01-25-2018, 10:19 AM
I installed the Mustang Stock 13" Rear Brakes I got when I bought a salvaged IRS rear end from a 2016 Mustang GT for the IRS rear brakes. It has the stock emergency brake cables attached.

Stock cable end at the caliper:
http://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=79787&d=1516857946

Stock cable end at the handle end:
http://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=79799&d=1516893341

Has anyone used the stock e-brake cables to attach to the FFR e-brake handle? The cables are quite long (~6' PS, ~5' DS) and looks like I would need to make an adapter to connect it to the FFR e-brake handle. I talked with FFR and they said to use the 87-93 Mustang w/ Disc Brake e-brake cable. When I looked at the pictures on-line of this cable, it doesn't have the rectangular connector on the end of the cable like the 2016 stock e-brake cable.

AC Bill
01-25-2018, 01:08 PM
The 87-93 cable will not work with your calipers. It may be possible to change the lever on the caliper, to the style that the Fox Mustang cables used.Maybe someone who has done that could chip in? I'm not sure if you can even buy that lever independently from the caliper.

At the E-brake handle end, you need a cable T, like the one pictured.

https://www.cjponyparts.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/p/b/pbck6_4.803.jpg

AC Bill
01-25-2018, 01:18 PM
This is what the lever on the Fox mustang looks like. The cable end slips into the U shaped part.
http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forums/attachments/v6-tech/271098d1380409200-remove-emergency-brake-cable-off-rear-caliper-driver-rear-caliper-emergency-brake-cable-connector-spring.jpg

You may just have to play around with your existing cables to find a suitable route, to the handle. Some fellows ran them down under the 4" cross tube.

Paul2STL
01-25-2018, 08:58 PM
Call FFR and see if they will send the adaptors that they send when you buy the brakes from them. It is a little bracket that adapts the round knurl to slip of the hook on the Mustang brakes. If you look close you can see it in this picture its the little black L shaped bracket. 79817

JIMLAND
01-29-2018, 02:16 AM
Thanks to everyone for the feedback. FFR saw this post and contacted me and are sending me the adapters so they say all I need to do now is get the brake cables from the 87-93 Mustang.

Richard Oben
01-29-2018, 03:12 PM
Not quite, the cable need to be for an 87 to 92 mustang and with disc brakes. We have those cables if it helps. Richard.