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Originally Posted by 65comet
This is one of those situations where you've been screwed by a bean counter trying to save the company money. They figure the e-brake will get almost no use, so why put in an adjuster. Your's must have gotten a lot of use and stretched the cables. Your only option is full cable replacement. Or chock the wheels if you have a parking paw issue or very steep hills to park on. I don't recommend, but have seen guys pull the two cables closer together inside that slide clip and hold them shorter with clamps. That is at you're own risk.
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Thanks for the response! Just now, I came up with an idea to solve this. I'm going to design & fabricate a replacement brake cable connector that has an adjustable length using one metal tube that slides inside the other with a pin or bolt that hold the position. As long as I know there's no other adjustments built into the cable system, I'll make the effort to do this.
Another Idea that expands upon the fix you mention above is the make a spacer the same exact size as the "bullet" that's on the end of the cable. Then split it in half so that it can be placed onto the cable behind the original "bullet". That would serve to tighten/shorten the cable by 3/8". If I added one spacer to each connector that would buy me 3/4" shorter cable. Hmmm I think I'll try that first! Thanks for the INSPIRATION!!!
--pete--