Pre 91 Parking Brake Handle Assembly
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 9:31 am
Decided to tinker with this after breaking 2 decades ago. The actual brake engages fine. The issue I have is that the brake handle won’t catch on the teeth and stay in an upright position. I’ve called the dealership for help with parts or diagrams, no luck. I’ve even called multiple junk yards in the hope someone had a pre 91 that I could look at, no luck. Ebay, craigslist for parts, no luck as of yet. I figured the best other option was to reach out and see if anyone here with a pre 91 would be willing to take their handle apart and take some pics so that I can possibly repair mine.
These are the parts that I have. I don’t know if this is complete or not but after diving into it here is my guess: The push button was originally attached to the spring.(?)
Now I’m not sure if it then just slid onto the “plastic bent piece” or if the other end of the spring was somehow attached to that plastic bent piece too.
Either way, the push button/spring/plastic bent piece then slides into the grove on the underside of the parking brake arm.
Then you place the handle over it and attach the handle to the brake arm with the small screw.
If anyone could help with pics, or better yet a spare assembly I would really appreciate it. I figured after I knew exactly what I needed I would try my chances and post in the “wanted” section.
Also, for you guys with much more knowledge, was there another GM vehicle that used this same parking brake handle assembly? I figured that might help increase my results when searching for these parts online. Wouldn’t it be nice if the 91+ had the same assembly with just a different molded handle? Seems there are at least a few more of these around than the pre 91…
These are the parts that I have. I don’t know if this is complete or not but after diving into it here is my guess: The push button was originally attached to the spring.(?)
Now I’m not sure if it then just slid onto the “plastic bent piece” or if the other end of the spring was somehow attached to that plastic bent piece too.
Either way, the push button/spring/plastic bent piece then slides into the grove on the underside of the parking brake arm.
Then you place the handle over it and attach the handle to the brake arm with the small screw.
If anyone could help with pics, or better yet a spare assembly I would really appreciate it. I figured after I knew exactly what I needed I would try my chances and post in the “wanted” section.
Also, for you guys with much more knowledge, was there another GM vehicle that used this same parking brake handle assembly? I figured that might help increase my results when searching for these parts online. Wouldn’t it be nice if the 91+ had the same assembly with just a different molded handle? Seems there are at least a few more of these around than the pre 91…