1G Damaged rear parking brake boot

[4gfun]

I am working on the back brakes and they are such a pain in the neck. I damaged the parking brake boot when working back there. It doesn't look like an item that can be replaced individually and I think that swapping a parking brake would be was wasteful.

I am sure it will be fine for a while but I don't want rust and corrosion to get in there. I could put some good grease in there like Redline CV-2 but not sure if that is good enough for the long run and don't want to turn this into a maintenance item.

Ideas?

 

[Vegas Smith]

I would imagine that would be fine. Mine are torn off too.

 

[steve]

Which boot are you speaking of?

I remember a boot on the parking brake cable and a seal on the parking brake lever but I don't remember any boot on the parking brake.

 

[4gfun]

I would imagine that would be fine. Mine are torn off too.

Lol! Ok, won't sweat it then.

Which boot are you speaking of?

I remember a boot on the parking brake cable and a seal on the parking brake lever but I don't remember any boot on the parking brake.

Right around the terminus of the parking brake cable where it attaches to the rear brake assembly.

 

[pauleyman]

Right around the terminus of the parking brake cable where it attaches to the rear brake assembly.

When water gets in there it can rust the cable and when its cold it will freeze.

 

[steve]

Right around the terminus of the parking brake cable where it attaches to the rear brake assembly.

Ah, the boot on the cable. One side ripped years ago and it lead to the demise of the cable. As noted the cable then rusts and eventually snaps under tension. Grease helps but it only slows the process some.

I wonder how well TPU from a 3D printer would hold up. It wouldn't be too difficult to design a split boot to fit.

 

[Vegas Smith]

Oh, I forget people live in areas with snow/rust.

 

[Turbo2g]

In my day to day at the shop literally 80% of the cars I work on with drums or disks with integrated drum parking brakes have exposed brakes components. Adjustment window caps missing, bleeder caps gone, torn or missing parking cable boots. It never causes an issue here in Cali, But maybe in colder places it would be a good idea to address. I would think greasing it maybe yearly would be sufficient to stop rusting issues. Brakes are petty resilient. I've replaced shoes on horribly rusted out backing plates and nasty hardware. It takes a lot to stop functionality. I think you're fine.

 

[4gfun]

I *think* that there are universal split boots available for this. Thought I googled it and Summit had it or something.