I got alluminum drums, and i dont know how to take the cables out of the drums. The whole rear is out of the car. Please help as im sending my car in for paint soon!

 

You should have an adjustment screw in the trans tunnel. Loosen the nut off to get some slack in the cables then pull them off the drum lever, after you take the drums off.

Ed

 

Yep the trans tunnel mount is off, my whole rear is out of the car, and both of my drums are off. So i'm confused about pulling them off the drum lever. What is a drum lever? I see the cables going into the backing plate, but i dont know what they are connected to INSIDE the brakes. Help?

I sent you a PM about the lines.

 

just pull the drum off. It does slid off, maybe with a little pursuasion if its rusted on. Then you will see when its attached inside the assembly. Then removing it from the backing plate required a special tool, or a cable tie.

 

Oh they came off real easy, just a slight tap with a rubber mallet and they slid off, there's hardly a lip on them.
So will a special tool be needed? Or whats the cable tie method? Thanks

 

Plastic zip tie.

JamesC

 

lol yes i know its a zip tie, but what do i do with it?

 

Tighten it around the "fingers" that hold the cable in place, so that the fingers can slip through the hole.

JamesC

 

I use a small worm gear hose clamp to compress the fingers on the cable retainer.

 

sorry for confusing you guys. i am not talking about where the cables mount to the trans tunnel, or anywhere else for that matter. I'm talking about how they are connected to the BRAKE SHOE itself.

Ive got the drums off, i see the cable entering the backing plate for the drum, then i see the cable inside the brakes. What i am asking is how is it mounted to the brake shoe/pad?? Is there a ball on it just like on the other side of the cable?

 

Just remove the shoes and the arm that the cable is attached to is a turn-and-insert-in-the-shoe affair. No sweat required.

To remove the cable from the parking brake arm, take your diagonal cutters and put the jaws between the spring. Pull on the cutters (compress the spring) while holding the parking brake arm. When you clear the parking brake arm, squeeze the cutters to hold the spring in place. Now you can manipulate the parking brake arm and separate it from the cable.

if you don't want to chew up your good cutters, buy a cheapo pair.

 

So remove the shoes, then turn and remove correct?

 

First, your photography skills suck.

Take a look at the attachment.

1. Find part "U"

2. The cable is attached to the bottom of part "U"

3. The top end of part "U" (the little hook looking thing) fits into a slot on the rear brake shoe.

4. Remove the shoes. When you do this, you can manipulate the rear shoe in such a way that part "U" and shoe can be separated. No tools are required to do this.

Edit: You don't need to remove the cable from part "U".

 

I apologize for my photography skills, they left me some time ago (never there). That diagram helps a ton! I'll get them off tomarrow i hope. Thanks

 

Regarding your photography skills, I'm just kidding.