Emergency brake assembly help

[Ronbo73]

Hello Again,
I was cleaning/de-rusting my emergency brake assembly and when I removed it from the solution I saw a small broken spring in the pan. Without this spring, when you depress the pedal, the lever that fits into the teeth to hold the pedal in position does not stay in position.
Looking at the assembly I can't see where this spring was or what it connects to. If anyone has pictures or expanded view drawings or any information would be helpful.
Does anyone know where to get a new spring?

 

[EV2RTSE]

Megaparts is the only place I know of, I think the spring you need is the same as the one in this kit-
Parking Brake Pedal Springs and bushing 1966-70 B-Body 1970 E-Body, Parking Brake Components/Release Handles, 199-DR056A Reproduction, NOS and Used Mopar Muscle Car Parts

 

[Ronbo73]

Thank you. That does look like it for sure. Now I need to find where it goes and how it attaches.....

 

[Deathproofcuda]

Keeping an eye on this because I am in the same boat...

 

[Ronbo73]

@Deathproofcuda I will update this post when I figure it out and I will post a picture of where it goes, hopefully in focus, and how I installed it.

 

[Deathproofcuda]

@Deathproofcuda I will update this post when I figure it out and I will post a picture of where it goes, hopefully in focus, and how I installed it.

Thank you Sir!

 

[EV2RTSE]

I went out to the garage and took a look at the three e-brake mechanisms I have, only one still had the spring and of course it’s the one that’s in the worst shape. Hopefully these pics will help. Looks like I’ll be ordering a few of those kits.

 

[Ronbo73]

@EV2RTSE Thank you for the pictures. I'm not sure if I would have seen that location. The fun part is going to be installing the tiny spring in that spot...

 

[Ronbo73]

Just received the springs yesterday and installed today. Little tricky because of the tight space but got it done. I used a piece of mechanics wire to hold the spring and dropped it into place. Longer side of the spring (picture 2 from EV2RTSE) hooks to the lever and the smaller end (picture 1 from EV2RTSE) hooks to the whoop in the brake assembly body.
See the picture attached for how I looped the mechanics wire to hold the spring. Parking brake works just like new.

 

[Deathproofcuda]

@Ronbo73
Thanks for reporting back on your fix. Were you able to purchase the small spring separately somewhere, or did you have to buy the Megaparts set? Is this one of those cases where what should be a $0.50 fix turns into a $40 repair to get the right part and have it shipped?

 

[Ronbo73]

@Deathproofcuda
I bought the set for $20 just for the little spring. The rest will be kept for overstock even though I have no use for them. But you never know, someday I may need something. I didn't look anywhere else after I found that they had it. Probably should have... Yes it was one of those cases.

 

[Deathproofcuda]

I was afraid that was the case, but I'll probably be following your lead just the same. Thanks again.