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Shameless, hapless vanity: Problem with the brakes on a 1993 F250
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| 5-20-2012
| Vanity
Posted on 05/20/2012 3:58:36 PM PDT by OKSooner
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Thanks in advance...
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posted on
05/20/2012 3:58:43 PM PDT
by
OKSooner
To: OKSooner
what's the "brake"?
:-) yhea.. I'm shameless.
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posted on
05/20/2012 4:03:24 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(WA. DC E$tabli$hment; DNC/RNC/Unionists...Brazilian saying: "$@me Old $hit; different flie$". :^)
To: OKSooner
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posted on
05/20/2012 4:04:40 PM PDT
by
WackySam
(Obama got Osama just like Nixon landed on the moon.)
To: OKSooner
![](http://repairguide.autozone.com/znetrgs/repair_guide_content/en_us/images/0900c152/80/1e/5a/41/large/0900c152801e5a41.gif)
This is for a 89 but should be silmilar.
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posted on
05/20/2012 4:10:31 PM PDT
by
ecomcon
To: WackySam
Hmmmm.... Not my truck but it might help. Thanks.
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posted on
05/20/2012 4:10:55 PM PDT
by
OKSooner
(Never take a "known safety risk" shooting with you even if he is an ordained minister.)
To: OKSooner
Have you looked on youtube? All kinds or car repair videos on there.
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posted on
05/20/2012 4:13:16 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
(MY PET TAPEWORM OBIWAN IS AN INSANE MILITARY HATING LEFTIST)
To: OKSooner
Hmmmm.... Not my truck but it might help. Thanks.
It should be similar, and have an adjustment rod with a nut on it near where all three cables come together.
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posted on
05/20/2012 4:15:33 PM PDT
by
WackySam
(Obama got Osama just like Nixon landed on the moon.)
To: OKSooner
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posted on
05/20/2012 4:18:55 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: OKSooner
The pickup is twenty years old. They don’t last forever. The 2013 Ford F250 is amazing. Take a test drive.
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posted on
05/20/2012 4:22:54 PM PDT
by
SVTCobra03
(You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
To: OKSooner
"If I have to pull off the rear brake drums and un-adjust the brakes to get mucho slack in the rear cables, how is this done? Any special brake tools required? Or is there some other way that doesn't involve messing with the brakes that I just don't know about?" You should not have to do this as most of the ajustment should be in the single cable with all the hardware.
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What you have is based on this same design maybe some differences but all in all works the same way.....Sort of.
To: OKSooner
I’ve got a 93 e250 and it just has that plate for connecting, no springs no adjusters. Looks like you’ll have to back off on the wheel adjustments to get enough slack, if you’re lucky maybe just one.
To: SVTCobra03
Not everyone can afford a $30,000-$35,000 truck.
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posted on
05/20/2012 4:45:51 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.)
To: OKSooner
Pull each side cable as far as you can with pliers then clamp a vise grip on the cable gently so it does not pull in.
If this does not give enough slack then you need to manually adjust your park brakes in. If they are drums this is also your service brake.
To: OKSooner
Take the nuts off the equalizer adjuster that is coming from the front of the vehicle. If there is no equalizer adjustment rod then there will be an adjustment further forward. Place the rear cables in the yoke that you bought and make sure the parking break is OFF. That is NOT depressed. You should be able to put the rod through the yoke from the forward cable and place the nuts back on the rod. Then adjust until just snug. DO NOT overtighten as the rear brake shoes will be in contact with the drum. When you press down on the parking brake pedal it should tighten and work. Good Luck
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posted on
05/20/2012 5:07:06 PM PDT
by
timlilje
To: OKSooner
I am not a mechanic, but I never saw a parking brake that went to the front wheel.
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posted on
05/20/2012 5:17:20 PM PDT
by
Venturer
To: SVTCobra03
"The pickup is twenty years old. They dont last forever. The 2013 Ford F250 is amazing. Take a test drive."Nothing personal, SVT, but I'm going to keep my '93 F-150 going 'til it or me dies.
I keep up the brakes, tires, clutch, engine, belts, plugs, transmission, tie rods, wheel bearings, shocks and everything else to the best of my ability.
I drug home almost a ton of compost the other day with the bed sitting on the axle. (10 miles). It made it.
I'd love to have a Diesel F-250 but not until this one dies.
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posted on
05/20/2012 5:42:02 PM PDT
by
SnuffaBolshevik
(In a tornado, even turkeys can fly.)
To: OKSooner
You Tube doesn't have your exact year or model but they can be a good source of DIY videos. Tons of videos on how to do brakes on models close to yours. I would take the part number and go to websites to see what years and models that cable covers. It could be the exact same as another model or year that videos are available for on You Tube.
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posted on
05/20/2012 5:57:53 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
To: Venturer
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posted on
05/20/2012 6:30:51 PM PDT
by
OKSooner
(Never take a "known safety risk" shooting with you even if he is an ordained minister.)
To: SVTCobra03
The 2013 Ford F250 is amazing. Take a test drive. As well it should be, for $60k in a loaded 4x4 PSD.
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posted on
05/20/2012 6:42:13 PM PDT
by
xsrdx
(Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas)
To: OKSooner
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posted on
05/20/2012 6:44:07 PM PDT
by
Figment
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