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Help sourcing: Drum Brake Parking Lever

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AtlantaSteve

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My 66 mustang has a 67 rear axle in it (little wider, not a big deal, especially with the wheels I'm using) but the parking brakes have never been hooked up.

These are 10" drum brakes. In inspecting them, the entire parking brake system inside the wheel is just missing. I don't have the lever and I don't have the lever to shoe link and link spring.

I can get the link and the link-spring all day long from any mustang vendor...but I can't seem to find anyone who is selling the lever, lever pin, and retaining clip.

Does anyone know where I can source these parts? The parking brake has NEVER worked on this car and I'd really like to finally correct that.

Thanks,

Steve
 
Driving back from La. today but I'll look tomorrow in my shed, I may have loose parts left from changing from 8" >9". I'm sure someone's got these pieces laying around with so many installing rear disc.
Jon
 
Do you need the parking brake main cable that attaches to the brake shoes?
 
no, I have the cables, they just go into the backing plate and terminate without connecting to anything.

I'm just missing the lever, whatever clip is used to hold the lever to the shoe, the lever-to-shoe link and the link spring, but I can get the link and spring from any old mustang vendor...why this lever is so impossible to find is beyond me.

Thanks for looking, guys!
 
Steve I ran into the same problem with the 8" I put in the coupe. IIRC the lever from any 8" Ford will work, including Mavericks, Granadas, etc. I feel your pain my friend. While the ones I finally got weren't super hard to locate, they don't seem to be falling out of the trees like you may expect! :(

If I run across another set anytime soon, they're yours!
 
"Ponyman66" said:
Steve I ran into the same problem with the 8" I put in the coupe. IIRC the lever from any 8" Ford will work, including Mavericks, Granadas, etc. I feel your pain my friend. While the ones I finally got weren't super hard to locate, they don't seem to be falling out of the trees like you may expect! :(

If I run across another set anytime soon, they're yours!
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Thanks, I appreciate it. I've decided to button my rear brakes back up without the parking brake for now. My car won't be seeing any emergencies anytime soon anyway.

I'm probably going to either have to find a bone yard (you'd be surprised how few there are around ATL, and how few older cars you find...almost all the cars are later models) or call one of the vendors that sells parts off junk cars. I think I heard CJ Pony Parts has a used part department.

I just can't believe that the links and springs are available for 5 bucks each, but the lever is completely unavailable new.
 
"AtlantaSteve" said:
I'm probably going to either have to find a bone yard (you'd be surprised how few there are around ATL, and how few older cars you find...almost all the cars are later models) or call one of the vendors that sells parts off junk cars. I think I heard CJ Pony Parts has a used part department.
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Actually, I wouldn't be surprised. It's the same problem here!
 
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