ford gpa g504

Hello Guys,

Had a bit of a problem with the parking brake... I have the correct cable, NOS out of the big square box, and a GPW F marked handle... but when its all attached the handle has to come almost out all the way over a foot... it looks like there is only one way to attach since the outer sheath on the cable clamps onto the mount... and the bottom has a clevis and pin to go on to the actual brake. It almost seems like the outer sheath needs to be longer so the handle will not need to come out so far. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
Tony

Hi Tony,

i had the same problem =>

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Nobody replied, so i guess nobody knows .....

Best regards,
Glenn

Yes Glen,

Same problem. I think we will be putting a spacer up inside the handle to take the slack up so the bottom of the handle to the start of the outer sheath is much shorter. Here are the parts that are called out under the Hand Brake group in the manual. Perhaps there is a special handle or spacer... its hard to tell from the list below.... Thoughts?

GPA Specific Hand Brake Parts

1201 Hand Brake GPA 2656 Crank assy. - hand brake relay 1
1201 Hand Brake GPA 2852 Support - brake ratchet tube bracket 1
1201 Hand Brake GPA 2780 Handle, Ratchet, Tube, Cable and Conduit assy. - hand brake 1
1201 Hand Brake GPA 2853 Ratchet, tube, cable and conduit assy. - hand brake 1

All Hand Brake Parts

1201 Hand Brake GPW 18377 Kit - hand brake lining - (consists of 1 GP-2620 and 15 64647-S.) 0
1201 Hand Brake GP 2614 Drum - hand brake 1
1201 Hand Brake 355551-S Bolt - hex head - 3/8"-24 x 1 1/8" - hand brake drum to flange and drive shaft 4
1201 Hand Brake 01T 2616 Screw - hand brake band anchor clip adj . 1
1201 Hand Brake GPW 2630 Link - hand brake to transmission 1
1201 Hand Brake GPW 2632 Cam - hand brake band 2
1201 Hand Brake 73928-S7 Pin - clevis - 1/2" x 1 3/16" - hand brake cam pin 1
1201 Hand Brake 01T 2634 Spring - hand brake release 2
1201 Hand Brake GPW 2635 Spring - hand brake lever retracting 1
1201 Hand Brake 01T 2640 Spring - hand brake band support 1
1201 Hand Brake 01T 2642 Rod - hand brake band adj . 1
1201 Hand Brake GP 2648 Band and lining assy. - hand brake 1
1201 Hand Brake 62229-S Washer - countersunk - 3/16" x 1/2" - hand brake band to brackets 10
1201 Hand Brake GP 2620 Lining - hand brake 1
1201 Hand Brake 64647-S Rivet - flat head tubular - 9/64" x 5/16" - hand brake lining to band 14
1201 Hand Brake GPA 2656 Crank assy. - hand brake relay 1
1201 Hand Brake 357553-S18 Pin - clevis - 1/4" x 21/32" - hand brake relay crank to cable 1
1201 Hand Brake 355752-S Screw - special shoulder - 7/16"-20 - hand brake relay crank to trans. bearing cap 1
1201 Hand Brake 73904-S Pin - clevis - 5/16" - hand brake relay crank to link 2
1201 Hand Brake 72003-S Cotter pin - 1/16" x 1/2" - hand brake cable to relay crank 1
1201 Hand Brake GPW 2659 Link - hand brake relay crank bearing cap 2
1201 Hand Brake GPW 2848 Bracket assy. - hand brake ratchet tube 1
1201 Hand Brake 24347-S Screw - hex head - 5/16"-24 x 3/4" - hand brake bracket to support 2
1201 Hand Brake GPA 2852 Support - brake ratchet tube bracket 1
1201 Hand Brake GPW 2793 Spring - hand brake ratchet tube 1
1201 Hand Brake 01T 2805 Nut - hand brake adjusting 1
1201 Hand Brake GPA 2780 Handle, Ratchet, Tube, Cable and Conduit assy. - hand brake 1
1201 Hand Brake GPW 2782 Handle - hand brake 1
1201 Hand Brake 92047-S Screw - round head drive - No. 6 x 5/16" - hand brake handle to tube 2
1201 Hand Brake GPA 2853 Ratchet, tube, cable and conduit assy. - hand brake 1
1201 Hand Brake GPW 2270-B Clip - hand brake conduit 1
1201 Hand Brake GPW 2279 Clamp - hand brake conduit 1

Hi Tony,

my thoughts are that the solution to the problem is somewhere in the fixation of the outer cable.

I think that there must be a bracket of some kind that is attached to the transfercase which holds the outer cable. But i haven't been able to find any evidence of this .... With my original GPA-cable it wasn't possible to use the standard hole in the transfercase.

So i ended up fixing a new innner and outer jeep handbrakecable to my F-marked handle ... now it works perfectly

Beste regards,
Glenn

Glenn,

So you just went with a GPW brake cable?

Tony

Yes Tony,

i took the cable of a MB (replica), cut off the handle at the balljoint, made a cut with a handsaw at the end, pried it open with a screwdriver, took out the old and inserted the new cable, welded the handle, et voila .... nobody can tell the difference ......

Excepted the people who read this post off course !

Glenn

Hi Tony,
I think this was an age old problem with the GPW as well.
The Australian army got round the problem on them by putting a bracket with a whole heap of holes drilled in to it that spaced the cable away from the fire wall.

I must admit I like the solution of putting a spacer inside the hand brake tube. Much neater.

On my original GPA I used a GPW hand brake cable, but it is a bit short and a real stretch to make ends meet.

Best regards
Richard