Parking Brake Cable Rear Diff Mount

Hello Tacoma World,

I performed a frame swap on my 1998 Toyota Tacoma, keeping the brake lines in tact on the new frame. After discovering that the differential mount was seized up, I drilled out the original mount at the point indicated by the arrow in my picture.

I will be fabricating a new way to mount the parking brake cable to this now too big hole. My question is, is this point of the brake cable assembly supposed to be stationary, or swivel like a hinge to evenly distribute the applied pressure from the brake pull in the cab?

many suggestions on hardware for attaching at this point?

 

should swivel.. the parts arent too much from the dealer.. its a bolt and 2 plastic bushings. more power to you if you fabricate something. but i just did my 98s frame and all the parts were available to make it all function properly again.

 

Another picture to give more reference:

 

Thank you. I drilled it out too large to receive the factory bushings. Otherwise I would use the factory parts route.

 

I would think you have a lathe if that's the route your going. I just did the same thing and used stainless. And a lot of grease.

 

Here is my final solution. The pivoting arm will rest between the two upper washers. All will be greased and I will find a way to weatherize it next. Spring keeps the assembly from rattling.

 

Should swivel like you said.

 

You could try some heat-shrink tubing on it and just apply the heat to the ends to keep it from coming off.