Moving parking brake clamp

Happy Sunday. Lately I’ve been hearing a small jingling noise over bumps and assumed it was the chain holding my spare tire. I got under the truck today and found a clamp on the passenger side parking brake cable has been contacting the remote resi on my Fox 2.0s.



I’m also running Icon RXT leafs. Their install instructions warn of this and recommend I cut the clamp off.



I would prefer to move it, as it seems to be securing an abrasion guard on the brake cable. It’s crimped of there pretty good and pliers couldn’t get it loose.

Has anyone solved this? Or what method did you use to cut the clamp off?

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/dobinsons-16-taco-suspension.474308/page-24#post-22792279
Check this out, should help.

 

No help here from me, but I’ve been having the same rattle noise, oem off road suspension here with a AAL. I’ll have to see if I’m getting contact anywhere in that area. Good look with your issue, post above me seems like a good idea.

 

Thanks for the link. I did that to both sides during the original install in December. I’ve bent it outwards a little but that’s not a long term solution.

I was able to “uncrimp” it a bit and move the abrasion guard about two inches, but then I realized was really pulling on the brake cable connection to the drum and didn’t want to open another can of worms.

If I can beat the rain today I’ll try lubing it up and sliding it more, or just bust out the tin snips and be done with it.

 

Any pictures of your solutions would be appreciated, I'm awaiting a suspension upgrade with leaf pack, and haven't done any leaf or suspension upgrades.

Good luck!

 

I haven’t had any bracket on my parking brake cable for awhile. Just take note of where it may contact something and wrap it with a small piece of rubber tube or something similar if it starts rubbing. I didn’t even have to do that.

 

I think that’s what I’ll end up with. The rusty collar/crimp on is what I need to move or remove. It looks like it just secures a rubber abrasion guard on the actual cable casing. I do have the bracket mounted to the leaf pack, I’ll get a picture for those interested later today.

 

Here I was able to reuse the old brackets on the Icon RXT leafs. I just used a step bit to open the mounting hole in the bracket large enough to fit on the retaining clip bolt.

 

Alright, I think I made it 24 hours before impatience got the best of me. I tried channel locks, vice grips, and lube inside the abrasion guard and moved it a further few inches. To make this work it would probably have to slide a literal 6-9 inches forward. I didn’t feel like yanking on the cable all night.

So after about an hour with tin snips and pliers I got it off.



Now the guard is slightly loose, but still in place towards the back of the rear drum where it will save the cable from rocks and debris.



I know another option would have been to mount the remote resi on the frame (which I’ll still do in the near further for other reasons) but now I have no worries about this cable slapping my expensive parts.