Jeep yj e-brake

[bae146]

So my yj's useless e-brake is no longer holding, the lock no longer holds the brake engaged.  Has anyone come up with a replacment idea?  The factory's offering in this department is sadly lacking reliability.  I know there was a recall on this item a few years ago and this one has been replaced under the recall but it is dead again.  Anyone got any ideas?

[apex]

empty beer bottle should do the trick.

Hold on, maybe that isn't a good idea.

[BlackYJ]

I am in the same boat.  I had to buy a new one earlier this year and it is already acting up.  It is brutal.  I even sent a compliant to Jeep about the quality of parts.  I am on my 4th pedal assembly.  

One option would be to convert to a pinion style brake on the t-case output shaft.  I know you can do it on yota t-cases

[bae146]

One of the guys on the stampeder's site has a disk on the output of his transfer case.  However with 33" tires he says the leverage is to great and the jeep still will creep with the brake on.  I know princess auto has a bus e-brake lever maybe I will have to buy one and see id I could rig something up?  Where are you getting you e-brake brackets from, I should get another one in the interim while i figure out a real fix...

[Gearhead]

I've had my 94 YJ for just over two years now , it was from BC , needed an out of province inspection . I ran the V.I.N. thru Chryslers online recall / checker ?  and figured if there were any outstanding recalls , I'd have em done. The park brake recall was all that needed to be done , at that time there was nothing wrong with the way the park brake worked on the 94 , the 88 needed repair but had no recalls. Thinking a recall must be an upgrade , I went ahead and had it done.

The assembly they installed looked to be a better part , had an additional brace , all seemed good.  Within six months it had self destructed. The original had lasted eleven years and still worked when the recall was done.  I fixed it , had to weld a cross pin / pivot , it's still holding.


My 88 had issues with wear on the ratchet and would release without warning , that one got replaced with a used part from Jeep stuff.

[hps4evr]

it may be a lot of work but... a slick trick is to run two pull handle type e-brakes so you can control each rear wheel. measure out a couple different cables and see if they will reach to the handles... wherever you mount them. and the neet part is if you have a selectable locker you can dis-engage it and then pull one e-brake and turn on a dime. i think i read it in a mag a while back. just a thought.