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General Forums => The Mess Hall => Topic started by: czjeeper on June 23, 2010, 11:54:29 AM
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I'm going to start by saying I'm not taking credit for this, as I'm sure somebody else has done this before.
When I first swapped in my disc brake 8.8, I was using the YJ e-brake cables with trimmed springs and wrapping the cable end around the actuator on the 8.8. It worked okay, but I couldn't get the Jeep to not roll on any kind on incline.
I pulled the YJ inner cables out of the sleeve after cutting off the leaded ends. These are on the frame side where the brake is adjusted.
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b183/c_zielsdorf/Car%20Pics/Jeep%20Wrangler/IMG_2006.jpg)
I then slid the 8.8 inner cables into the YJ sleeves, after cutting off the ends.
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b183/c_zielsdorf/Car%20Pics/Jeep%20Wrangler/IMG_2003.jpg)
I attached the ebrake ends to the 8.8.
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b183/c_zielsdorf/Car%20Pics/Jeep%20Wrangler/IMG_2005.jpg)
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b183/c_zielsdorf/Car%20Pics/Jeep%20Wrangler/IMG_2004.jpg)
The YJ sleeve end "tabs" can be trimmed to retain the sleeve if you like. I left them as is, and haven't had a problem.
Here is the 8.8 end. You can see the fingers/tabs are shorter.
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b183/c_zielsdorf/Car%20Pics/Jeep%20Wrangler/IMG_2009.jpg)
Here are the longer YJ tabs not "grabbing" the 8.8 casting.
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b183/c_zielsdorf/Car%20Pics/Jeep%20Wrangler/IMG_2008.jpg)
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b183/c_zielsdorf/Car%20Pics/Jeep%20Wrangler/IMG_2007.jpg)
I then modified a set of carburetor cable stops by drilling them out to fit the inner cable.
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b183/c_zielsdorf/Car%20Pics/Jeep%20Wrangler/IMG_2002.jpg)
I locked those down good and tight with the YJ adjuster backed all the way out. I trimmed the inner cables a bit, adjusted it, and it works great!
I can't get the Jeep to move w/the e-brake on now!
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Looks good. It also allows you to adjust each side individually. On mine (Dana 44) I have one side that works and one that doesn't, so something like this could help.
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:clap: Nice!
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that's great. I ended up buying the Teraflex YJ cables for this purpose but this is def cheaper - wish I knew about this a month ago, thanks for the writeup.