1995 Ford F-250 parking brake cables

OLDDOZER

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1995 FORD F-250
6 CYL
2WD
AUTOMATIC
167,000 MILES

I am having a problem with the replacement of my parking brake cables on my F250 reg. Cab full size box pickup. I did a complete brake job including new drums. Brake cables were frozen and I replaced them now when I try to put the cables into the holes where they belong they are 3 inches short of joining up to the front cable. When looking at the cables with the length there is it almost looks like I need to move the parking brake mounting bracket on the side of the frame ahead by about 2 inches to be able to join up to the front cable and still maintain the pre load on the parking brake.

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MHPAUTOS

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Hi there,

It sounds as if you have the wrong cable, did you check the length against the old cable carefully? I would go back and re check the length first.

Mark (mhpautos)

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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 AT 11:47 PM

OLDDOZER

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I checked cables and they are the correct length. Problem is the preload system I had to make a jig to draw the cables forward. I used a extra long cloths line tightener one end has a regular single hook and the other end has a twin hook set up. Placed single hook into a hole in truck frame then place twin hook over the joining piece that has parking brake cables already attached. Tighten as you would tighten a cloths line untill the front cable will go into it's proper place then remove jig. You will need at least 10 inches of tightening ability.