Will Van
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Well, I finally figured out the parking brake.
I ordered Toyota Parking Brake Cable 46410-60050 which is 68" long, compared to the OEM 4-speed cable, which is 61" long. This is the perfect length, but has an eyelet on the end, rather than the "T" fitting.
The ID of the eyelet opening is 8mm. I had a set of long M8 bolts that I cut the heads off of to act as guides for my oil pan gasket install. The bolts are not threaded the full length of the shaft, so I cut about 20mm off the shank-end of one of them (the opening in the top of the parking brake bracket is 21mm).
The 8mm OD x 20mm length piece fit perfectly in the cable eyelet.
Then I had a buddy tack weld the bolt shank into the center of the eyelet. The tacks were supposed to be on the top of the eyelet, but they were small enough that luckily they worked on the bottom.
This worked like a charm, so I rebuilt my parking brake with new shoes, then installed the cable and brake assembly.
I ordered Toyota Parking Brake Cable 46410-60050 which is 68" long, compared to the OEM 4-speed cable, which is 61" long. This is the perfect length, but has an eyelet on the end, rather than the "T" fitting.
The ID of the eyelet opening is 8mm. I had a set of long M8 bolts that I cut the heads off of to act as guides for my oil pan gasket install. The bolts are not threaded the full length of the shaft, so I cut about 20mm off the shank-end of one of them (the opening in the top of the parking brake bracket is 21mm).
The 8mm OD x 20mm length piece fit perfectly in the cable eyelet.
Then I had a buddy tack weld the bolt shank into the center of the eyelet. The tacks were supposed to be on the top of the eyelet, but they were small enough that luckily they worked on the bottom.
This worked like a charm, so I rebuilt my parking brake with new shoes, then installed the cable and brake assembly.