Hand Brake Cable

Scott21 · Post by **Scott21** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 4:50 pm

Does anyone have a good picture of how the hand brake cable is routed?

Scott

Post by **wesk** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:45 pm

From hole # 17

Here you can see the clamp at the left fender (in front of the fuel pump)

Scott21 · Post by **Scott21** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:04 am

Wes,

Thank You. I needed to see where that clamp went on the fender.

Scott

mtdave · Post by **mtdave** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 1:22 pm

Is that a grommet in the firewall that the cable runs through? I had someone tell me there is no grommet there but that doesn't seem right. I think in time the metal housing on the cable would rub through on the edge of the firewall.
This is a great post I hope to have my p.brake functional in the next few days. I wish the underneath of my M38 was as clean as those pictures. I scraped another 10# of goop and one walnut sized rock from under her this weekend.

Post by **wesk** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:53 pm

The only purpose for a grommet there would be to seal the hole. The cable is firmly clamped just inside the firewall. It is not free to move at the hole enough to damage it's armored sleeve.

mtdave · Post by **mtdave** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:12 am

While we are on this subject, why did Willys use a driveline parking brake as opposed to what most other vehicles had which was a cable that hooked to the regular rear wheel brakes. Wouldn't it have been simpler?

Post by **wesk** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:20 pm

I believe the driveline parking brake was a military contract requirement. Probably because it divorced the parking brake system entirely from the service brake system making it a true backup system.