E-brake relocation kit, how to?

I searched the forum and found couple of posts on the ebrake relocation kit, but links to the pictures and how to's in those posts didn't work. So sorry if its a repeat, but I got my Forgeline wheels in the OEM sizes today and I tried putting one rear wheel on and spotted that ebrake indeed touches the rim. Hence, I was wondering if anyone can post pictures and how to's on the ebrake relocation kit? How hard is it to do? Is it self explanatory? Any tips would help a lot.

Thanks.

I found this, previously posted by mjorgensen:

EMERGENCY-BRAKE BRACKET RELOCATION KIT
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
· Put car on stands.
· Remove rear wheels and undertray.
· Remove plastic clips that hold ABS harness to parking brake cable, both sides.
· Remove cable end and slip housing out of pulley bracket.
· Remove pulley housing from caliper. This housing and pulley will not be reused but the socket head bolts will be.
· Remove the 3 cable hold down clamps from each cable.
· Install new bracket with bracket on top side of caliper, with bolts coming up from bottom (pulley bracket was mounted on bottom)
· Swap cable arms side to side with arm being slightly pointing down to rear bumper, but almost horizontal.
· Caliper end of coil spring needs to be bent slightly to aim at the arm end to better grab the caliper arm. The spring grabs the upper point now instead of rear point (please see pictures supplied on disk)
· Pull the cables forward and re-route them thru the triangular opening on each side of differential. Criss-cross on top of differential, under side of frame rail, behind the shock, front side of outer tie rod end, into rectangle bracket, attach cable into slot.
· Drill new holes so clamps hold cables from moving parts.
· Plastic tie ABS harness to sway bar arms.
· When everything is done, pump parking brake handle approximately 6 times to seat cable and to auto-adjust parking brake mechanism.
· You can test parking brake by starting engine and work first gear against brake.
· Install undertray.
· Install rear wheels, torque to 90 ft lbs.

Have you purchased the e-brake kit yet? Mine came with a CD that had photographs of what everything is supposed to look like and how it's supposed to route.

Also - I have one of my ebrake calipers completely off the car right now for painting. When I get home later I'll post some pics of it with the kit attached to the caliper and I'll also try and find the CD that came with my kit and post those pics as well.

YLW DRM2 said:

I searched the forum and found couple of posts on the ebrake relocation kit, but links to the pictures and how to's in those posts didn't work. So sorry if its a repeat, but I got my Forgeline wheels in the OEM sizes today and I tried putting one rear wheel on and spotted that ebrake indeed touches the rim. Hence, I was wondering if anyone can post pictures and how to's on the ebrake relocation kit? How hard is it to do? Is it self explanatory? Any tips would help a lot.

Thanks.

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YIKES! We told you just yesterday (and at time of sale) NOT TO DO THAT, you could scratch your gorgeous new wheel !!!!

The Wheels surprised and arrived 1-week EARLY so we have the E-kit arriving TODAY with instructions,

PATIENCE, GRASSHOPPER, and THANKS for your business!

If I had to do another one, I would take the entire caliper off since it's so easy to do. It would make re-installing the spring 10 times easier.

Thank you guys!!!!
Jon, I must be driving you crazy, but I am like a little kid with the toy in the box under christmas tree. Once I know that I have the toy I must play with it . I hope the ebrake kit will come today, however, I was reading many posts on the forum where CD with the kit was comming empty, so I thought to be a little more pro-active and get some input from the forum members.

Thank you guys for all your help, now just sitting patiantly (not) and waiting for the ebrake kit to come.

I will say that although the instructions look pretty simple, it does take some time. also, the pics indicate this, but the instructions leave out a step that the arms/levers the cable attach to need to swap sides too so that the bent end where the cable attached points to the differential, not the outside of the car.

Did my 08 today at a SCA club event. Always good to have someone with you to help. Big Dave was there and minimal help!! Even though I've done it before we got the lines tangled up twice.

Once again, thanks to everyone for your help. I got the ebrake kit today - THANK YOU JonB, JUST LIKE YOU PROMISED,!!!! After few hours of figuring out how to do the ebrake relocation I finally did it and put my wheels on the car! Best Valentine present I ever got in life )).

YLW DRM2 i'm looking forward to the pics!

YLW DRM2 said:

Once again, thanks to everyone for your help. I got the ebrake kit today - THANK YOU JonB, JUST LIKE YOU PROMISED,!!!! After few hours of figuring out how to do the ebrake relocation I finally did it and put my wheels on the car! Best Valentine present I ever got in life )).

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WHEW !!!


Thanks E.