Ready Brake users
So my first pull of the Jeep toad to Las Vegas was successful and fun. Having driven just about anything that travels the roadways I still find it odd to tow something I can't see in the mirrors. Anyw...
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klutchdust wrote:
FIRE UP, I just had one of those "why didn't I think of that " moments. Talk about the need to be flat and level before adjusting the cable. I had my jeep backed into the garage
with the MH just outside. Early AM I hooked everything up and started to go, well the driveway has just a slight incline to it, it was enough though to throw the adjustment off
and as soon as the jeep leveled out the brakes came on. So much for a clean getaway. I will be modifying my cable before the next trip. Fishing in the Sierras.
"FISHING IN THE SIERRAS"
Man, you can't do that without me being there. Darn. We sure like that entire area. Oh, by the way, glad you liked the idea of the turn buckle.
I did another mod while installing that ready brake. RB wants you to CLAMP that cable your brake pedal using those hideous, ugly pieces of steel, PERMANENTLY!! AINT HAPPENING!!!!!!!!!!!
So, I drilled the brake arm and, pressed in a 1/4" pin right where the ugly clamps would go. I then re-designed the end of the cable so that I could install a brass, screen door roller, in the end of the cable. Now, when it comes time for towing, the wife reaches under the floor mat, retrieves the cable end with the roller in it and, places it on the pin, on the brake arm. Then she installs a small linch pin to secure tha cable end from coming off. That entire operation takes a whole, 30 seconds to do.
And, when we're not driving it, the cable is not attached to the brake arm. It's hidden under the floor mat and, by not being attached 24/7, it simply does not wear the inside of the cable sleeve for nothing.
Scott
