I am in the process right now of doing a drum rear swap and have gotten everything disconnected except the ebrake cable. It says nothing about it in the Haynes manual. The haynes manual also skipped over a few important steps in removing the rear end, such as remove the track bar. I'm really losing faith in the Haynes..........
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nevermind, got it....

 

easiest way is the full cable. loosen the cable bracket in the trans tunnel. squeeze the cable at the frame bracket, and unlock it from the s hook
mike

 

If you are trying to get the e-brake from the backing plate the best way I have found is to use a deep well socket.Can't remeber what size I used but just slide it over the cable to the retaining bracket to release the tabs you wil just have to experiment with different size sockets

 

Put a small hose clamp around the sprung out tabs about 1/4" away from the backing plate, tighten the clamp until the tabs are compressed, pull the cable back about 1/4" up against the clamp, while pulling back on the cable release the clamp by unscrewing and the cable should pull right out!

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