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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Trucks / August 2005Emergency Brake Cable(s) in '99 Ranger
I suspect my brake cables may be failing, and I am thinking I should be able to replace this / these myself. How many are there, and how complex is the job? H. > I suspect my brake cables may be failing, and I am thinking I should be > able to replace this / these myself. > > How many are there, and how complex is the job? > > H. WHat makes you think they're failing? It's not a common problem. > > I suspect my brake cables may be failing, and I am thinking I should be > > able to replace this / these myself. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > H. > WHat makes you think they're failing? It's not a common problem. Well, last spring I had a lockup of the brakes on a very wet warm day when water was sloshing all over everything, then it got to sub-zero temperatures. I locked up the brakes, and had to spray anti-freeze all over everything and wait an hour or so in order to free up the rear drums. Then I had a problem maybe a month or 6 weeks ago when the brakes locked up again. I did some polling of mechanical types, and they are telling me that probably the brake cables have let moisture in and what I saw in the second incident would be rust in the brake cables. (I take a bus to work, and do a fair bit of walking on weekends, so I think, the truck had sit idle for 2-3 weeks... so the theory is plausible, from my frame of reference.) I'd not expect the brake pads to be absorbing moisture and swelling up - I admit that by local standards, we've had a wet summer, but by seacoast standards things are pretty dry around here. So if it is the brake pads, there should be a lot of other owners having the same problem. I'd think? So from my perspective, it looks to be the brake cables... H. >So from my perspective, it looks to be > the brake cables... I doubt you have a cable problem. More likely it will be in the actuating mechanism the cable attaches to. That is where rust will sieze-up the works. Pull the wheels and check. Dave S(Texas) I agree - I would pull the wheel and drum and inspect the return springs and linkage. Cables only operate the emergency brake operation. Is this happening after you have parked and set the e-brake? If it is happening while you are driving, it has to be somehwere in the hydraulic system or in the wheel linkage/springs or possibly an adjuster out of whack but that would only affect one wheel. Interesting problem, let us know what you find out. Good Luck Razor > >So from my perspective, it looks to be >> the brake cables... [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Dave S(Texas) > I agree - I would pull the wheel and drum and inspect the return springs and > linkage. Cables only operate the emergency brake operation. Is this [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > > > Dave S(Texas) Only happens after I have the emergency brake set for hours to days in high humidity conditions. I'll pull the drums off and look at the little bits inside as suggested. If I see something with oxidization, I'll replace. And I'll inform this NG of my findings. H. > Only happens after I have the emergency brake set for hours to days in > high humidity conditions. > > I'll pull the drums off and look at the little bits inside as suggested. > If I see something with oxidization, I'll replace. And I'll inform this > NG of my findings. If you start replacing everything with oxidation you'll be under your Ranger for a long time. Don't go tooooo crazy. > > Only happens after I have the emergency brake set for hours to days in > > high humidity conditions. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > If you start replacing everything with oxidation you'll be under your Ranger > for a long time. Don't go tooooo crazy. I was hoping to see something with rust dripping like blood from the fangs of Dracula, personally. Otherwise, I was planning to leave well enough alone.... I've seen a few brake assemblies in my life, so I sort of know what to look for. Kind of. It is just that I really don't like having the brakes sieze up on me, and I'd like to stop it from happening real soon again if I could. (And going crazy is one of the few times I get to enjoy myself...) H. |
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