Re: Parking brake cable reinstallation

[Jeremy R King <kingjer@eng.auburn.edu>]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, as eric would say.  I feel for you 
man.  Sweat, tears, a little blood, a few persuasive words, and a pair of 
needlenose seemed to be my best effort.  I'll be interested to see if 
anyone has the answer to this very painful dilema.

Jeremy

On Mon, 22 Jan 1996, Richard Klein wrote:

> Regarding the rear drum brakes on my '85 5000s...
> Does anyone know of some trick to hold the spring on the parking 
> brake cable back while reinstalling the cable in the parking brake 
> lever on the trailing brake shoe?  It seems to require a hand or two 
> more than I have...
> 
> TIA
> 
>    -Rich
>    '85 Audi 5ks
>    '85 El Camino
>    '72 Suzuki GT380 w/ front disk retrofit
>    '73 Suzuki GT550 in pieces
>     member Teamsters local 486
>