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Hey Todd
I remember a similar instance when I worked for a local authority in my native Gloucestershire. When they "Gloucester County Council" introduced half a dozen Pinzies to the fleet in 1974.

The Chief Constable though they were stupid looking trucks until they needed something to haul a police horse box out of some deep mud at Badminton after the Queen had strutted her stuff there. The smile was wiped off his face as hoss box, police ceremonial horse, constable 'n all got towed by this Pinzgauer.

I had the great pleasure & devilment in failing his own personal car a Lotus Cortina for safety inspection violations a week later! (Got a red 'un that was an immediate off the road).
He he! One pissed bloke
Dennis

Dennis,

When attaching the cable, do you twist it clock-wise or CCW?

Thanks,

Evan

You twist the cable counter clock-wise. This is so the tension tends to "stand up" the brake lever (according to the repair manual).

Found a buddy had a media blaster loaded with walnut shell media. Wow, did that work great! The steel plates and the balls are a little pitted, but I'm guessing the assembly is not a "precision instrument" and will work ok. I'll assemble everything tomorrow. I am going to order a new rubber boot for the assembly. Sprayed the cleaned parts with rust converter. At least the parts don't look HMS Titanic relics anymore!

Forgot to take pics while re-assembling! Everything went pretty well. Fought with the rear body mount bolt. Couldn't get it to start threading. Had to eventually jack up the truck by the tail cone to compress the bushing enough to get the threads started. Anti-seized all the pivot points. Put a dab or two on the teeth of the brake disks so they would slide easier on the shaft. The shaft was pretty corroded like everything else. Used a dremel and wire wheel to clean it up.

End result: Works perfect. Tested it with the truck just barely rolling, stops instantly. Releases completely and doesn't drag (no heat/noise).

Thanks to all for the tips to rehab instead of replace.