E-Brake Removal from Rear Caliper

Disconnect the cable from the small round pulley (pin and cotter pin holding it) so that the cable is hanging loose (I'm assuming that the cable is still attached in the middle), Now you should have a few inches of inner cable showing, slide the outer cable half back over the showing inner cable towards the other half of the opposite outer cable. That should give the inner cable enough room to be pulled out of the outer cable and enable you to release it from the caliper. If the inner cable is frozen inside the outer cable and will not move, soak it in some penetrating oil (sometimes solvent works), put the end of the inner cable (where it attaches to the caliper) in a vise, and try pulling the outer cable back and forth to free it. Hope this helps. (I've done it a few times but still hard to explain on paper). Anyway, good luck and Happy New Year!

What Steve is saying is to remove the pulley at the other end of the e-brake cables. It is located under the front of the engine.

You need to have some slack in the inner cable at the caliper. Once you have that slack, pull the outer cable sheath out through the bracket on the caliper yoke and the smaller inner cable will pass through the slot in the bracket.

You should be able to pull the slack from one caliper to the other without removing the pulley at the front (under the engine). This assumes that the cable will move freely in the outer sheath.

John

Thanks Guys! Happy New Year!

Another option (if you're into brutality) is to spread the ears apart that are holding the threaded adjuster into the bracket, or cut the last thread off the hollow adjuster so the nut can be slid completely off. On my '72, there is no restriction to completely unscrewing the nut(s) off the front of the adjuster. Don't screw up the cable & adjuster 'cause you'll need it for whatever e-brake you replace it with, and they are expen$ive new.