I tried searching around to see if anyone else had this problem but couldnt find any answers so hopefully someone can help me out. I am in the process of finishing off my 5 bolt conversion and the ebrake cables that I have from a RSX type S do not seem to fit properly. Im pretty sure I have the cables on the proper side because the one on the drivers side has the letter L and the other has R. Also, the brackets dont look like they would mount properly if they were switched around.

Heres my problem. When I have the cables mounted, the drivers side cable does not seem to be long enough to hook up to the ebrake handle inside the car. The passenger side seems to fit fine but has an extra bracket that has no where else to bolt up to (the extra bracket is between the last bracket before the hole that goes into the car and the end of the cable that attaches to the handle). Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

I thought it had to be base or EP3. I could be wrong though....

 

Boilermaker's writeup says it will seem that they are not long enough, but they will fit.

 

for the 4lug rear discs i had ep3 cables, i think it was a tighter fit then now, with the 5lug and dc5 cables...either ones will fit, you'll just be struggling to fit the ep3 cables, either ones will work though.

 

Thanks for the reply guys.

I tried installing them again tonight and this time I tried bolting up all the brackets that I could. The passenger side still has the extra bracket dangling between the last bracket and the interior. I checked on my old drum set up and there are only 3 brackets for my old ebrake cable and 4 on the type-s so I guess that should be right. The drivers side is still giving me problems. I bolted all 3 brackets up to the underbody and managed to get the cable to hook up to the ebrake handle but it causes the cable to be fully applied with the ebrake handle down. There is no slack in the cable for me to get it to hook onto the part on the caliper and even if there was a little bit more slack, the brakes would be fully applied with the ebrake handle at rest. I will try to get pics up soon.

 

what i did for the ep3 brakes is kept the line connected to the caliper, i unbolted the ebrake handle assembly, put the ebrake into place, then bolted the ebrake handle assembly back to the car... it's a tight fit but it worked. the brakes won't be fully applied or applied at all, they will be fine.

 

Heres my update,

last week, I attempted it again and figured a way to do it. The drivers side was the one that was giving me problems and I still wasnt able to get the cable to fit with all the brackets bolted to the underbody. I first hooked the cable to the caliper and then to the ebrake handle. I was able to hook up the 2 brackets that were closest to the caliper side and I left the bracket that is closest to the ebrake cable off. There was enough tension on the cable to prevent it from hanging low underneath so I think it will work. I adjusted the parking brake and both brakes are fully applied after 3 clicks.

Thanks to everyone for all your help and advice

 

nice, congrats

 

good job dude. i may be asking you for some help because im doing mine in a few weeks. post pics of finished product