installing drum brakes

82 GT · 11-19-2004, 03:45 PM

What's the best way to retract the E-brake cable spring so I can install that adjuster plate?

~The Jester~ · 11-21-2004, 09:00 AM

Believe it or not, a pair of side cutters. Wire cutters, Dikes, whatever you want to call them. Use the cutters to get inbetween spring coils near end of the cable. Compress the spring, then gently grab ahold of the cable. The cutter blades will dig into the cable and help you hold the spring, but won't generate enough force to cut that big cable, IF you're gentle. It's always worked for me.

Good Luck!

82 GT · 11-21-2004, 09:28 AM

Thanks....doesn't anyone make a special tool for that?

~The Jester~ · 11-23-2004, 12:26 PM

I've never seen one if they make it. There ya go, that's your next million $. 82GT Tools Inc. It could happen!

82 GT · 11-23-2004, 06:33 PM

Someone beat me to it....I've seen the tool at Mac and Snap ON tools websites the other day.

11-19-2004, 03:45 PM	#1
82 GT Import Slayer Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 2,241	installing drum brakes What's the best way to retract the E-brake cable spring so I can install that adjuster plate? __________________ '82 GT 351W (.060)Comp Cams 274* Extreme Energy cam, ported & polished heads w/ 1.94/1.60 valves 10.3:1 flat top pistons,stealth intake, Mallory dizzy,Holley 750dp carb, BBK shorties,Flowmaster exhaust,C-4 with 3700 stall converter, B&M pro shifter,8.8 rear, 4:10's, subframes, electric fan, powermaster alternator, 4 core radiator.

11-21-2004, 09:00 AM	#2
~The Jester~ Rat Killer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Cold ass Ohio Posts: 1,143	Re: installing drum brakes Believe it or not, a pair of side cutters. Wire cutters, Dikes, whatever you want to call them. Use the cutters to get inbetween spring coils near end of the cable. Compress the spring, then gently grab ahold of the cable. The cutter blades will dig into the cable and help you hold the spring, but won't generate enough force to cut that big cable, IF you're gentle. It's always worked for me. Good Luck! __________________ d-Con Racing "Nothing fancy, just 347 inches of RAT POISON!" MICE need not apply.....

11-21-2004, 09:28 AM	#3
82 GT Import Slayer Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 2,241	Re: installing drum brakes Thanks....doesn't anyone make a special tool for that? __________________ '82 GT 351W (.060)Comp Cams 274* Extreme Energy cam, ported & polished heads w/ 1.94/1.60 valves 10.3:1 flat top pistons,stealth intake, Mallory dizzy,Holley 750dp carb, BBK shorties,Flowmaster exhaust,C-4 with 3700 stall converter, B&M pro shifter,8.8 rear, 4:10's, subframes, electric fan, powermaster alternator, 4 core radiator.

11-23-2004, 12:26 PM	#4
~The Jester~ Rat Killer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Cold ass Ohio Posts: 1,143	Re: installing drum brakes I've never seen one if they make it. There ya go, that's your next million $. 82GT Tools Inc. It could happen! __________________ d-Con Racing "Nothing fancy, just 347 inches of RAT POISON!" MICE need not apply.....

11-23-2004, 06:33 PM	#5
82 GT Import Slayer Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 2,241	Re: installing drum brakes Someone beat me to it....I've seen the tool at Mac and Snap ON tools websites the other day. __________________ '82 GT 351W (.060)Comp Cams 274* Extreme Energy cam, ported & polished heads w/ 1.94/1.60 valves 10.3:1 flat top pistons,stealth intake, Mallory dizzy,Holley 750dp carb, BBK shorties,Flowmaster exhaust,C-4 with 3700 stall converter, B&M pro shifter,8.8 rear, 4:10's, subframes, electric fan, powermaster alternator, 4 core radiator.

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