Parking Brake cables, R&R

[Peter Schulz]

At 04:21 PM 9/20/2005, Bernie Benz wrote:
>Anyone have words of wisdom for this project?  How does one disengage them
>from their anchor points at the actuating pivot?  Can this be done without
>R&R'ing the exhaust system and drive shaft?
>
>Thanks,  Bernie
>
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Bernie

BTDT 3x...

Good news is that you DON'T have to drop the exhaust.  What you need are 
some long-handled needle nose pliers to remove the parking cables from the 
pivot.

I found that I had to remove the cross member and heat shield - remove the 
nuts and completely remove the cross member, remove the nuts holding the 
heat shield and pull it to the front of the car.

The pivot is offset to one side - take note of that before removing the old 
cable.  There are also two clips that hold the cable casing ends near the 
pivot - I found that I could remove them by using a "cats paw" and pulling 
downward.

I'll look for some digipics and send them to you....

-Peter




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