Parking brake handle and cable setup.

[mstrader77]

I'm working on a 1967 D100. What keeps the front parking cable housing from being pulled through the firewall grommet when the parking brake is engaged? I feel there should be a bracket on the end of the handle to hold the end of the cable housing stationary.

[PwrWgnDrvr]

The "grommet" is integral to the cable housing and won't fit thru the hole in the firewall.

[Wildergarten]

I'm working on a 1967 D100. What keeps the front parking cable housing from being pulled through the firewall grommet when the parking brake is engaged? I feel there should be a bracket on the end of the handle to hold the end of the cable housing stationary.

Did you take it off? Are you sure you have all the parts?

If I recall correctly, the the end of the cable housing is clamped to the bracket that bolts to the inside of the cowling and the bottom of the dash. Once that opposing axial compression is retained at the end of the housing, it can no longer impart axial force to anything else. The grommet doesn't stop anything but leakage.

[mstrader77]

I bought the truck as a no motor/trans project, so some things are a bit of a puzzle and may have been incomplete. I took photos when I took it apart, but am missing one for the parking brake. Would anyone happen to have a photo of this area? I'll try to add some photos of what I have.

[mstrader77]

All my pictures are too big to post. I ended up welding a plate to the end of one side of the parking brake handle, drilled a hole to match the small diameter of the cable end, and cut a groove to the hole for the cable. Works great.

[712edf]

FWIW Dodge medium duty trucks continued to use the handle brake through the end of the run in 1977.

Bucky

[Red383]

Here is a picture. There is a small tab on the bracket that stops the cable housing from being pulled into the cab of the truck.

I think this is what you are asking.

[Red383]

Here is another pick from the top side of a spare handle I have.

Aaron

[mstrader77]

Thanks for the photo. My cable end seems slightly different. I finally figured out how to get my pictures small enough to post. This is what I ended up doing and it works well.