Frayed Emergency Brake Cable

[Erica.Gish]

I just bought a '93 Excella, and yesterday I discovered that the end of the emergency brake cable is frayed. What type of replacement cable do I need?

[markdoane]

Disconnect the battery, pull the pin and take the cable to a hardware store. They should be able to match the diameter of the cable, cut off the old loop, rethread the pin and crimp on new sleeves. Shouldn't cost more than $6.

[Kevin245]

Had the folks at the local Lowe's make mine up. Less than $5.00 if I recall correctly.

Kevin

[Inland RV Center, In]

Replacing the cable is OK.

Just make "SUPER POSITIVE" that the loops in the cable, cannot possibly become undone.

If that happens, the breakaway switch pin will never pull.

Andy

[Mikethefixit]

I would, like Andy say's, REPLACE the cable. Cable and clamps should be available at your local Ace Hardware or at Lowe's. Like Mark says shouldn't be more that 5 or 6 bucks. I kinda found myself in that position on returning from a trip this summer and finding that the cable had been dragged in two. I squared the ends and cut the cable to the appropriate length(it was always to long) and slid on a connector and closed it with my railroad iron and a hammer. While there I also detected two open links in the safety chains and replace them also."SAFETY IS NO JOKE"

[markdoane]

The breakaway cable and chains should certainly be on your pre-trip inspection.