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Technical => Suspension/Steering => Topic started by: Scottyflm on May 15, 2019, 12:12:19 PM

Title: Parking brake cable rear drum to sn95 rear caliper
Post by: Scottyflm on May 15, 2019, 12:12:19 PM
Is there a parking brake cable that i can use to convert the rear drum to sn95 caliper
Title: Re: Parking brake cable rear drum to sn95 rear caliper
Post by: Aerocoupe on May 15, 2019, 02:28:24 PM
Yes, they are the same ones as the Turbo Coupe.
Title: Re: Parking brake cable rear drum to sn95 rear caliper
Post by: blain_gatterdam on June 23, 2019, 06:04:36 PM
Working on finishing my swap up ....... five years later...

My buddy cut the drum ebrake cables when we put the 98 mustang axle in, sounds like I just swap in T-coupe cables from my new calipers to the intermediate cable connector?

I found a couple t-coupe rear cables on ebay, but am curious if the sub $20 ones off rock auto will also work?
Title: Re: Parking brake cable rear drum to sn95 rear caliper
Post by: Aerocoupe on June 24, 2019, 01:52:42 PM
I used all the cables off an '87 TC on my '83 when I went to disc brakes back in '98.  I also had to rob the mechanism off the TC that splits them.  Eric has a write up over on Cool Cats here:

https://www.coolcats.net/modifying/tcaxle.html
Title: Re: Parking brake cable rear drum to sn95 rear caliper
Post by: Tbird232ci on June 27, 2019, 04:29:06 PM
Someone else may be able to chime in, but I recall the Mark VII cables working for this application. I'm fairly sure they use the same style front half of the system as the non-TC birds, so they should be a direct swap.

Title: Re: Parking brake cable rear drum to sn95 rear caliper
Post by: Aerocoupe on July 03, 2019, 11:25:27 PM
Wanted to post up the diagrams for the 83-85 parking brake system with drum brakes and the 86-88 parking brake system with drum brakes.  Might help someone later down the road.