My truck almost killed me today, Don't look if if you don't like seeing carnage

[Dieselfuture]

2 hours ago, Mopar1973Man said:

Make sure the two rear cables move together. What I do is loosen the slack adjuster on the side of the frame. Then set both rear shoe adjustment where it barely drags. Then set the slack again so I pulls enough to hold evenly.

That's how I did it, first I adjusted the drag on shoes, then I attached the cables and adjusted the slack on that. 

[Mopar1973Man]

Yeah the biggest thing is making sure the cable are not binding and you have enough pull to hold it tight. Like my truck (2002) I'm at the end of my slack adjustment to make it hold this tells me the cables are stretched. Now on the (2006) the driver side cable bound up and crushed the outer jacket pulling the brake. No good and no holding power.

[Doubletrouble]

10 hours ago, Mopar1973Man said:

Now on the (2006) the driver side cable bound up and crushed the outer jacket pulling the brake. No good and no holding power.

 Mine is like that on the driver's side as well. Planning on replacing both sides at the same time, possibly the middle one to. Right now they work for flat ground but I leave it in gear when on an incline just to be sure she don't move 

[dripley]

2 hours ago, Doubletrouble said:

 Mine is like that on the driver's side as well. Planning on replacing both sides at the same time, possibly the middle one to. Right now they work for flat ground but I leave it in gear when on an incline just to be sure she don't move 

Like at the boat ramp. 

[Royal Squire]

@DieselfutureHow is the ankle doing?

[Dieselfuture]

4 hours ago, Royal Squire said:

@DieselfutureHow is the ankle doing?

Much better, I took the stiches out Monday and heading to northern Minnesota for week of healthy leaving if I can get passed the boat ramp 

[dripley]

Good to hear, that was a nasty cut. Enjoy the trip. Need some of that myself.

[Concreter]

That’s a crazy situation to end up in when your taking the family out for a day of fun on the water. Seems like for a busted ankle the situation turned out ok, you must’ve been moving fast to jump in and save it from sinking. Reminds me, I was waiting at a ramp couple years ago and A guy was launching a 20’ open bow with his Dodge Charger, and his parking gear cable broke and the whole set up went in. Couple of us had winches got him out, and the first thing he did was try and start it, fried everything. 🙄

[Dieselfuture]

5 hours ago, Concreter said:

That’s a crazy situation to end up in when your taking the family out for a day of fun on the water. Seems like for a busted ankle the situation turned out ok, you must’ve been moving fast to jump in and save it from sinking. Reminds me, I was waiting at a ramp couple years ago and A guy was launching a 20’ open bow with his Dodge Charger, and his parking gear cable broke and the whole set up went in. Couple of us had winches got him out, and the first thing he did was try and start it, fried everything. 🙄

Yeah I got pretty lucky with just a deep gouge and a bruise. Seems to be healing good. Lesson learned.

I seen some of the videos on YouTube with people loosing their trucks on ramps, never thought I'd be that close myself. Now that all the cables are new it works great but I'll still be shutting it off in gear from now on.

[Mopar1973Man]

Yeah I had a close call and had my 2002 Dodge roll down the driveway and miss a customers truck and Jacobs truck on the other side. Same here shut down and lock in gear.