Parking Brake Cable Route

[dn010]

Can someone post a photo of how the parking brake cable is supposed to route from the driver side caliper? It seems the cable wants to be routed where the end of the aluminum debris shield is and is fighting with the shield every time I drive, so much that it has cut its own groove down the end of the shield. Every speed bump or slight dip I hit makes a banging noise that is eased every time I move the cable from the end of the shield but the cable keeps moving back and the noise keeps coming back. I have DPI stainless parking brake mounting brackets, I doubt that makes a difference though. I also might as well preemptively say it - I'm going to keep the debris shields installed.

Thanks guys.

[Josh]

Ill be that guy, remove the debris shields. They get in the day and I have found they collect debris rather than deflect it. the last pair i took off I got a face-full of rocks and sand.

[FABombjoy]

I'll be the other guy - you will pick up additional road/wind noise with them removed. I could tell immediately when driving to an alignment with them removed.

Probably not a concern for LS car owners :hippo:

[DMC-81]

Hi Dan, does this pic help?

http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=50501&d=1491351439

As far as the deflectors go, I think they also draft air upwards in the engine compartment like the wing of a plane for cooling purposes. This is just my guess based on observation, so if someone has contrary information feel free to correct me.

[PJ Grady Inc.]

Hi Dan, does this pic help?

http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=50501&d=1491351439

As far as the deflectors go, I think they also draft air upwards in the engine compartment like the wing of a plane for cooling purposes. This is just my guess based on observation, so if someone has contrary information feel free to correct me.
Your chassis is looking pretty good but please don't take it personally.
Rob

[Jonathan]

Your chassis is looking pretty good but please don't take it personally.
Rob

Pretty good?? Dana's car looks cleaner than Grandma's couch does after being covered in plastic for 30 years! lol

[DMC-81]

Thanks ! :)

[dn010]

LOL! I know, there have been lots of debates about these deflectors and I still keep them on. If I can't get rid of this noise, then I'll rethink removing them. This is loud enough inside the car, it's also audible to those around- so when there are people walking down the street, I get the "What a POS" look.

Anyway, thank you Dana for the picture. It helps me in the sense that I now know the cable doesn't run down on the underside of the shield/deflectors but I am still needing a photo of the cable itself to see what the hell is going wrong with mine - perhaps whenever someone has their wheel of for whatever reason, that would be a perfect shot. I will try to get a photo of how mine is and maybe someone can tell me, but that won't be until tomorrow or possibly even Sunday.

[DMC-81]

:) Oh, sorry I missed that you wanted a pic of the caliper/wheel well perspective. How about this:

http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=46427&d=1475371241

[dn010]

Thanks Dana, that’s perfect. Mine is routed totally wrong. Looks like I will be needing a replacement, luckily I have two extra ones on hand!

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[Jonathan]

I was wondering also about the replacements you used. Are the LH and RH side cables the same and can be used interchangeably? I got thinking perhaps one is shorter than the other and that's why yours didn't route the way they should?

[dn010]

They are not the same length. I guess when I routed these I went with the path of (most?) least resistance. I imagined that routing it on the frame would cause rubbing on it due to bumps etc. But it seems to me they made the driver side too long compared to the distance it really needs to cover. The two sides are not interchangeable.

In fact, to boost sales:
http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?16270-Parking-brake-cables&p=231763#post231763