Brakes 1975 Cj5 E-Brake Removal From Backing Plate Tips
Hey fellow Jeepers,
I have a 1975 CJ5 that I ended up inheriting, it's in good shape overall from what I can tell: Decent Tub, Decent Frame. But a lot of the parts are fairly old. For example, the tires are from 2008, the hoses are very old, there's very old dirt living all along the under body that was probably not washed after going mudding.
My current project is doing a brake restore, since I noticed brake fluid has been disappearing from the Master Cylinder. I ordered new drums + Shoes, new MC, new hardware, and new e-brake cables. I don't mind sharing the part numbers if someone wants to know what all I got.
So far, it's going good, I have removed the hardware on my RR wheel, and removed the shoes. I started working on removing the e-brake cable, such as removing the cotter pin from the equalizer, then unbolting the very difficult to get to bolt that's located on the gas tank mount. However, I cannot, for the life of me, get the e-brake cable removed from the backing plate. I have tried using a box wrench to wrap around the spring clips, and using vise grips to hold it down as I take pliers on the other side to try to pull it through. No luck. I'd rather not saw it off if I don't have to, and I'm fairly Limited in tools. Also, be forewarned, I'm a very big novice when it comes to mechanics, I've been learning just on various stuff on the jeep, but still don't think I'd say I'm good at anything!
Was wondering if anyone had any tips for removing this E-Brake Cable? And as another question, the under-body is so gunked up that I was hoping to do a little bit of spring cleaning while under the body around the holding brackets and equalizers to clean it up a bit, not sure if anyone had any tips for that as well.
I have attached screenshots of the 'gunk' and the e-brake cable line with my sorry attempt at removing the spring clips.
I have a 1975 CJ5 that I ended up inheriting, it's in good shape overall from what I can tell: Decent Tub, Decent Frame. But a lot of the parts are fairly old. For example, the tires are from 2008, the hoses are very old, there's very old dirt living all along the under body that was probably not washed after going mudding.
My current project is doing a brake restore, since I noticed brake fluid has been disappearing from the Master Cylinder. I ordered new drums + Shoes, new MC, new hardware, and new e-brake cables. I don't mind sharing the part numbers if someone wants to know what all I got.
So far, it's going good, I have removed the hardware on my RR wheel, and removed the shoes. I started working on removing the e-brake cable, such as removing the cotter pin from the equalizer, then unbolting the very difficult to get to bolt that's located on the gas tank mount. However, I cannot, for the life of me, get the e-brake cable removed from the backing plate. I have tried using a box wrench to wrap around the spring clips, and using vise grips to hold it down as I take pliers on the other side to try to pull it through. No luck. I'd rather not saw it off if I don't have to, and I'm fairly Limited in tools. Also, be forewarned, I'm a very big novice when it comes to mechanics, I've been learning just on various stuff on the jeep, but still don't think I'd say I'm good at anything!
Was wondering if anyone had any tips for removing this E-Brake Cable? And as another question, the under-body is so gunked up that I was hoping to do a little bit of spring cleaning while under the body around the holding brackets and equalizers to clean it up a bit, not sure if anyone had any tips for that as well.
I have attached screenshots of the 'gunk' and the e-brake cable line with my sorry attempt at removing the spring clips.
. Just the part on the end where you rotate and pop the spring on is worth it.
