Last night I was able to finish up installing the hand brake I bought from an earlycj5.com member. Since there was no parking brake for it when my dad bought the Jeep, he and my brother installed a foot operated one from a late model CJ5. The problem was it did not have the throw needed to be of much use and would barely engage the parking brake. It was also close to the clutch pedal so you had to be careful when engaging the clutch. Here is a picture of the parking brake after I removed it from the Jeep (I forgot to take one before I removed it):
Since the original hand brake was torn out long ago I had to fabricate up a mount for the cable to attach to the transfer case cross brace. I used a piece of angle iron that I cut with my new reciprocating saw and drilled two holes, one to mount the brake cable and the other to bolt it down to the cross member. Here is what I came up with:
I figured out where to mount the hand brake in the cab:
And hooked up the cable to the parking brake:
If you have never seen a parking brake on an early CJ5 it is a cool design, the brake is attached to the output shaft of the transfer case which will lock up the drive train to the rear wheels. There is a major design problem with putting a brake there, the transfer case is prone to leaking, and yep, you guessed it, will lube up the parking brake rendering it pretty useless. Here is a picture of the drum parking brake:
The hand brake has plenty of throw to engage the parking brake now, so it may be a little more useful on the trail.
Since the original hand brake was torn out long ago I had to fabricate up a mount for the cable to attach to the transfer case cross brace. I used a piece of angle iron that I cut with my new reciprocating saw and drilled two holes, one to mount the brake cable and the other to bolt it down to the cross member. Here is what I came up with:
I figured out where to mount the hand brake in the cab:
And hooked up the cable to the parking brake:
If you have never seen a parking brake on an early CJ5 it is a cool design, the brake is attached to the output shaft of the transfer case which will lock up the drive train to the rear wheels. There is a major design problem with putting a brake there, the transfer case is prone to leaking, and yep, you guessed it, will lube up the parking brake rendering it pretty useless. Here is a picture of the drum parking brake:
The hand brake has plenty of throw to engage the parking brake now, so it may be a little more useful on the trail.
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