It seems that the car is actually built around the e-brake pedal assembly for the most part. The man at the salvage yard also said that most of the Drivers Dash must be removed in order to get to the pedal assembly mounts, which of course I don’t have the tools nor the patience to do all of that. In Fact, it also seems that the upper 2 bolts of the 4-bolt mount are in fact mounted to a support beam. Far up under the dash while the lower two bolts are mounted to the floor-pan.
So That being said, since not only did my handle need replacement due to a somewhat stretched cable, but the thick spring that I had previously spoke of was out of position and pushed down to far, thereby not being able to push down the striker in order to release the mechanism. So, I had to do some creative rigging to get the e-brake to release by the handle, like normal. So, I took a Rubber, Tire Valve stem that was wrapped with a long piece of inner-tube at the bottom that was in a toolbox that I had, The Piece of inner-tube made it fairly thick at the bottom which is what I needed to fill the space. I then took a piece of cloth and electrical tape and taped up the metal end of the stem. I slid the fat end onto the end of that spring tab and wedged the taped end against the floor-pan. So essentially the space is filled enough so that the release cable can then engage the striker to push down onto the end of the rubber stem thereby pushing the tab down to release the brake mechanism. Although the handle is black, instead of the medium brown color, it all works thus far and hopefully will get me through a state safety inspection. Well, Let’s Hope and Pray so in any case.
But there is the general idea of what is involved in replacing the e-brake pedal assembly on the and the release handle/cable on the Infiniti J30. A HUGE Pain in the a**…!!!
