E-Brake Cable Routing

[Melb-Mike]

Yes, I agree, it does seem to be a haphazard way to run the cables. The part that bothered me was the rubbing on the 4" tube. So I made a bracket with a couple of 1.25" aluminum pulleys to guide the cable around the tube. The pulleys are shaft mounted and can rotate as the cable moves in and out. The bracket is mounted on the bottom of the 4" tube.

A couple of guys commented on mounting an electric ram to draw the cables in by activating a switch using a 12 VDC actuator with a 4" draw. I was intrigued by that but didn't follow up on it.

[Papa]

Yes, I agree, it does seem to be a haphazard way to run the cables. The part that bothered me was the rubbing on the 4" tube. So I made a bracket with a couple of 1.25" aluminum pulleys to guide the cable around the tube. The pulleys are shaft mounted and can rotate as the cable moves in and out. The bracket is mounted on the bottom of the 4" tube.

A couple of guys commented on mounting an electric ram to draw the cables in by activating a switch using a 12 VDC actuator with a 4" draw. I was intrigued by that but didn't follow up on it.

So, does my routing look "correct"? I tried running the cables in front of the axle, but that was even worse. I'm looking at Paul's (edwardb) build thread for a better idea of a way to mount a set of pulleys to run the cables over the frame.