too long of a parking brake cable??

[Joopin]

slip yoke relocation?

I went to buy all the stuff I need to rebuild the brakes in my D44 today and I needed to get new parking brake cables... I decided to get XJ cables (xj is what I got my d44 out of) because I rember someone mentioning that one of the cables will be too short if I use my stock YJ cables... SO my question is will I be able to use a longer xj cable on a YJ? or should I just go buy a new YJ cable for the side that is shorter? (I don't remember which side IS shorter if anyone can help with that too) Thanks

 

[west747]

it is the left side which is shorter. i am running into the same problem with my 9 inch. both of my e-brake cables are the same lenght but are too long. i have a feeling that they have to be shortened up in order to work. I think this is required because of the way in which the e-brake cable system is set up.

 

[Joopin]

The ebrake cables that you are talking about, are they from your YJ or did they come with the 9 inch? So should I go buy 2 YJ ebrake cables or only one left side YJ ebrake cable...

 

[Joopin]

Hey West747...
I found this link that will help both of us out...
http://www.4x4wire.com/jeep/tech/axle/

There is a write up about putting a ford 9" under a YJ and one for my with my D44... hope this helps ya, it looks pretty informative!

 

[west747]

looks pretty good. thanks Joopin!! whooo it even says i can use my stock e-brake cable...woot!!