E-brake cable

kbradner · Apr 19, 2007

When I bought my jeep it had a 4.5 lift kit on it, and the emergency brake cable is too short. Where can I buy an extended emergency brake line. Everywhere I have looked, its just for the brake line, not the emergence brake.

Oil Town XJ · Apr 19, 2007

Use YJ E-brake cables

johnnyc · Apr 19, 2007

And specify the passenger side cable - they're longer.

Stumpalump · Apr 19, 2007

On my 98 I moved the junction box where the control cable meets the two wheel cables back toward the axel to gain length.

Drew_98xj · Apr 19, 2007

6" lift on my 98 at full rear flex both my cables reach. strange???

BigWhiteXJ · Apr 19, 2007

I was maxed out with my 4.5" lift, I am now 6+ and this is what I did
http://www.4x4wire.com/jeep/tech/brakes/xjhoseext02/
for the extension of the e-brake rod was I bought a 3" long 8x1.25mm bolt at home depot, cut off an inch of the ebrake rod and welded it on. As for the ebrake cables from napa they had them next day and cost me 26 a piece I think

nickangus · Apr 19, 2007

Drew_98xj said:
6" lift on my 98 at full rear flex both my cables reach. strange???

so did mine but every time i got off the trail i had to readjust (my guess was that the cables stretched)

ive now got yj cables and wish i and done the swap a long time ago
cost me somthing like 15-20 each

the only hard part was finding M8 treaded rod and a M8 connecting nut

BigWhiteXJ · Apr 19, 2007

finding an all tread 8x1.25mm rod wasnt too hard to get, I just got a long 8x1.25mm bolt and cut the hex head off of it. as for the coupling nut, good luck finding one for that thread pitch, just weld it. much easier

Yucca-Man · Apr 19, 2007

BigWhiteXJ said:
finding an all tread 8x1.25mm rod wasnt too hard to get, I just got a long 8x1.25mm bolt and cut the hex head off of it. as for the coupling nut, good luck finding one for that thread pitch, just weld it. much easier

Hmmmm. I had no problem finding all-thread or a coupling nut. Guess you just gotta look in the right places? :dunno:

From my D44 e-brake writeup: http://www.yuccaman.com/jeep/dana44.html#ebrake

BigWhiteXJ · Apr 19, 2007

lucky you; i called every nut & bolt, fastner type place in portland, and they could all get me the all tread rod, but the coupling nut they said would very hard to find due to the thread pitch. But either way looks like we both got ours to work oneway or another

Atrain · Apr 19, 2007

Stumpalump said:
On my 98 I moved the junction box where the control cable meets the two wheel cables back toward the axel to gain length.

Me too, used two 3/8 self tapping bolts to reattach.

nickangus · Apr 19, 2007

i ended up w/ a meter long stick of all thread since i couldnt find a bolt to cut and the place were i found the rod only sold in in meter lenghts

as for the connecting nut i ended up finding that at ACE hardware

Yucca-Man · Apr 19, 2007

nickangus said:
as for the connecting nut i ended up finding that at ACE hardware

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