Hand brake issue

[Sniper]

Went out to the garage this morning to adjust my hand brake.  Annual inspection is due this month and the hand brake is a bit soft.  So I busted out the service manual to follow the procedures.

 

For the step I get to step two and that adjust is not there at all.  Labeled 1 Guide Blt Adjusting nut (lower clearance) int he picture.

 

The whole adjust is not there, the holes are present for it and it appear the parking band is new.  I suspect the PO's mechanic put in a new parking band and didn't bother to put the adjuster back in..

 

In the picture below it appears to be a long bolt, double nutted with a lockwasher between the nuts.  Anyone know for sure?  And if so what do I need to get from the local Ace, if it is just a long bolt, two nuts and a lockwasher.

 

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

 

 

 

[Sniper]

As an aside from the above, this was the major culprit for my soft hand brake application.

 

https://youtu.be/Zcm_KH8UYS4

Edited August 3, 2020 by Sniper
I can't type or spell apparently

[DJK]

Mine was missing the anchor bolt and spring, rigged up a bolt with a nut between the inner and outer parts to achieve proper clearance. I'll look at mine tomorrow and get a picture for you.

Edited August 3, 2020 by DJK
update

[Sniper]

I forgot to mention that the spring to the right of the cable lock nut is missing, no idea where the other end is supposed to hook up either.

 

[50mech]

Yep, on mine is a flathead machine screw, double nutted on top. Likely not original though.

Spring hooks to a long straight wire that hooks into a hole in the next body cross support, the one about even to the back of driver door.

[50mech]

Spring itself totals about 10" with 7 being spring and the last 3 just straight til the hook.

[Jerry Roberts]

I think that the original had lacing wire through the head of the bolt , You can kind of see the wire in your photo . Just to keep the bolt from getting loose . 

[DJK]

the bolt you need is 1/4 -20 -2.5 inches long. I just noticed mine has the nuts on the bottom instead of on top like your picture.

[Mike36]

Sniper, there are several different styles of these. Any advice on what you need should be specific to the car you have or it may not adjust correctly. Same goes for pictures, need to be of like style and year.

[Sniper]

It's a 1951 Plymouth Cambridge, see right below my name.  It looks exactly like the one in the the drawing I posted, right out of my service manual and less the missing parts I asked about.  Not sure how much more specific I can get. 

[Sniper]

6 hours ago, DJK said:

the bolt you need is 1/4 -20 -2.5 inches long. I just noticed mine has the nuts on the bottom instead of on top like your picture.

 

 

Thank you, that is exactly what I needed, now to go buy the parts.