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undercnstrction

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i FINALLY got some time to work on the car and i figured i'd have the rear axle off in less than an hour. i was under the impression that i had to remove the rear brake drum to "unhook" the emergency brake cable. this is from a guy i work with. after removing the drum i still couldn't figure out how to remove the emergency brake cable. i THINK this is the last thing i have to remove before i start working on the UCAs and LCAs. this thing is kicking my ***. can one of you guys take me by the hand and tell me how to remove the brake cable? this is really frustrating the **** out of me!
 

Beasty306GT

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first let the tension off under the car where the cable connect to the ebrake.... then u got to pull the brake drums off and u can tryto unhook the cable with needle nose pliers its way in the back so it can be a pain to remove and dont forget to disconnect the rubber brake line on top that goes to the body
 

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Take the drums off then take off the rear shoes.Remove the cable from the parking brake lever.After you have the cable off the parking brake lever slide a 1/2 wrench down the cable to where it locks on the backing plate and it will compress the end so you can slide the cable out.Hope this helps.



 
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Hate to hijack but I gotta question. Replacing my shoes. There's a cable in there. Bout 9 inches long. One end attaches to that knob above the brake cylinder. Can anyone tell me where the other end attaches to?
 
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bump
 

Hawaiian5.0GT

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stang0f87 said:
Hate to hijack but I gotta question. Replacing my shoes. There's a cable in there. Bout 9 inches long. One end attaches to that knob above the brake cylinder. Can anyone tell me where the other end attaches to?
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