So it was only a couple of months ago that I referred to my cracked brake cable and how I taped it up 4 years ago. Well, as Calypso so rightly said, it’ll break in the end; and so it did- on Thursday evening, luckily at home. It fractured exactly on the split casing area, but no rust apparent, as I think the cable outer had previously rusted and fractured giving a sharp edge which then wore away at the inner cable.
Got the last one in stock from Williams @ £105! (they had to go to an alternative supplier apparently as MMC don’t have any)
Worst bit was getting the clevis pin in at the front due to tight access, and dropped it a few times into the chassis crossmember.
The bit I dreaded at the brake shoe end actually went easy. Released one shoe retaining pin and spring, slipped the shoe off at the bottom and with screwdriver and long nose pliers, job done. Although the first side was easy, I found it better to dismantle the adjuster before doing the second side. Only trouble then is that the cable looks too short to go into the adjuster. So I attached cords to the two ends to pull them together into the adjuster to catch the nut. It almost looked as if the cable was going to be too short but in fact the final adjustment was well along the threaded portion.
With all the dismantling and difficult access, a bit of a frustrating job to say the least!
