Souleman
10-20-2023, 07:37 AM
I've done a bit of e-brake mod research. There is a ton of great info on here and it seems most folks tend to go towards EdwardB's mod or the e-Stopp mod with a ton of options in the middle. Unfortunately, I can't read all of it...it turns into analysis paralysis, so I apologize if this is a bit of a re-hash from a thread I missed.
I started Edwardb's mod and ran into the "dragging" cable issue that is discussed in other threads (cable or block rubbing against the e-brake mount). As I pondered which way to lengthen the bar on the e-brake, either add an extension like sunshine garage did or just outright have new longer bars fabricated Carl Williams style, I came up with plan D. The idea is to move the pulley to give a different angle.
If I drop the pulley down to the transmission support bracket, it still stays above the bottom of the 4" bar and allows use of all the original hardware at the handle. Basically, you only need to buy the two pulleys and a bolt. My question is, does anyone see any negatives to this, before I drill it? Yes, I drilled the edwardb way already:(, but I'll just plug it up. The only issue I see is that the trans-support bar is a little smaller, but I will drill in the area that is welded to the extra middle support so I believe I won't have any structural issues.
191386
Yes, the cable does rub across the top of the 4", similar to how it would originally rub across the bottom, but does not touch anything else over there (like that welded mount for the trans-support bar).
I started Edwardb's mod and ran into the "dragging" cable issue that is discussed in other threads (cable or block rubbing against the e-brake mount). As I pondered which way to lengthen the bar on the e-brake, either add an extension like sunshine garage did or just outright have new longer bars fabricated Carl Williams style, I came up with plan D. The idea is to move the pulley to give a different angle.
If I drop the pulley down to the transmission support bracket, it still stays above the bottom of the 4" bar and allows use of all the original hardware at the handle. Basically, you only need to buy the two pulleys and a bolt. My question is, does anyone see any negatives to this, before I drill it? Yes, I drilled the edwardb way already:(, but I'll just plug it up. The only issue I see is that the trans-support bar is a little smaller, but I will drill in the area that is welded to the extra middle support so I believe I won't have any structural issues.
191386
Yes, the cable does rub across the top of the 4", similar to how it would originally rub across the bottom, but does not touch anything else over there (like that welded mount for the trans-support bar).