Nifty Brake Trick

Nifty Brake Trick FARM SHOP Handy Hints 28-3-38 Here's an idea we recently spotted in Four Wheeler Magazine (www.fourwheeler.com). Reader Craig Passeno of Cheboygan, Mich., was tired of the parking brakes on his truck wearing out. He said road salt, and constant dunkings in lake water when backing up boat trailers, caused the lines to rust out. He noticed that the emergency brake lines usually remain sound from inside the cab to a few feet under the cab. So he cut off the cable where the rust starts and then turned it 180 degrees back through the floorboard and connected it to the normal brake pedal. Now when he steps on the ratcheting emergency brake pedal, it pulls down on the regular brake pedal and holds it, creating a 4-wheel hydraulic parking brake. He notes that every truck is different so how you hook it up will vary.

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