Cant get the parking brake cable back on the caliper! Grrrr

[deftsound]

So i had to take off the parking brake cable end from the brake caliper to install my MM lower control arms today and now I cant get it back on.

There is literaly no slack to pull it back on. Can i relieve the tension somehow from the parkign cable?

 

[bdcardinal]

is the e-brake off? why did you remove the cable? i didnt have to remove anything but the old control arms when i put mine on.

 

[deftsound]

is the e-brake off? why did you remove the cable? i didnt have to remove anything but the old control arms when i put mine on.

Because I got the maximum motorsports ones and you have to re-configure the abs wire bracket that bolts to the control arms....

 

[96SCstang]

yea it can be a pita to put back on. you can relieve the tension by taking cable off right at the pull lever but it's not neccassary. it just takes some patients and a good technique to get them back on. try grabbing the end of the cable with some vice grip pliers and then taking a screwdriver and pushing the e-brake mechinism towards the cable. that always works for me.

 

[deftsound]

yea it can be a pita to put back on. you can relieve the tension by taking cable off right at the pull lever but it's not neccassary. it just takes some patients and a good technique to get them back on. try grabbing the end of the cable with some vice grip pliers and then taking a screwdriver and pushing the e-brake mechinism towards the cable. that always works for me.

I did that with the passenger side, but the driver side has no slack at all

 

[mijo_latino]

I did it with a clamp, vice grips on the cable too. Use the clamp to compress the spring back a bit. Works like a charm. I think I have a pic

don't mind the rusty tools... Seen some action.

 

[bdcardinal]

hmm, i never had to undo the e-brake cable when i put on my MM ones, but i didnt have ABS on my GT.

ya just use vice grips and muscles to get it back in.