Thread: 47-59 Parking brake question
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Old 05-14-2024, 06:59 PM   #7
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Re: Parking brake question

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Originally Posted by Hcb3200 View Post
The handle is just under dash it has a straight rod thru firewall down to frame rail to a pivot mounted on frame. The pivot is connected via cable to center of underbelly of truck to center pull for both left and right rear cables.

The handle is a pull so it pulls the pivot to pull the cable toward front and engage.
Then it seems that in addition to the dash mounted handle, I'd need the rod through the firewall, the frame connector (where does it attach relative to the stock steering box) and the cable that would run back to my existing frame mounted pivot to the cables that run to the each side rear brake.
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