This is for a 89 but should be silmilar.
Have you looked on youtube? All kinds or car repair videos on there.
The pickup is twenty years old. They don’t last forever. The 2013 Ford F250 is amazing. Take a test drive.
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.
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.
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.
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
I am not a mechanic, but I never saw a parking brake that went to the front wheel.
A brake spoon
I would follow the cable from end to end and make sure there is no adjustment point anywhere in between you missed. If you can’t find a way to get more slack from the front cable then you may need to loosen the star wheel adjusters in the rear drums. This can be done through a little window in the backing plates, but the star wheel auto adjuster is intended to go only one way as the brake shoes wear down. If you decide to try loosening it through the backing plate then you will need to push the lever out of the way that automatically adjusts the star wheel while you try and turn it The lever that auto adjusts the rear brakes also prevents the star wheel from turning backwards. Since your not familiar with what all this looks like you’re probably better off just taking the drum off so you can see what is going on in there and back the star wheel adjuster all the way back down that way. Worse case scenario, you may have to pull the rear brake shoes off and that should definitely give you the slack you need. It may only be necessary to do that on one side. It’s been many years since I played with the rear brakes on a Ford truck and my memory isn’t what it once was, but I think this is a pretty accurate description of the layout.
Found On Road Dead at least ya won’t have to use any gun powder...
How many miles on it?
I guess you did not, now take the truck to a MECHANIC and let him fix it.
When I was in the repair business, I had a sign that read:
Labor: $50.00 Hour
If you watch: #100.00 Hour
If you help: $200.00 Hour
If you tried to fix it your self: #400.00 hour
There was & is a good reason for that.
I guess you did not, now take the truck to a MECHANIC and let him fix it.
When I was in the repair business, I had a sign that read:
Labor: $50.00 Hour
If you watch: $100.00 Hour
If you help: $200.00 Hour
If you tried to fix it your self: $400.00 hour
There was & is a good reason for that.
Well?
Did you get it?
all the cables I have dealt with had a turnbuckle at some point but it has been a long time since I have dealt with one.