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yOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHICH CABLE IS BROKEN (LEFT OR RIGHT) BY PULLING OFF THE BRAKE LEVER COVER (sorry about the caps lock)
The bar across the top of the lever is the cable connection keeper. High end is the broken cable.
You have to remove the rear tire and brake drum to change the broken cable. It is torqued to amazing tightness so I'd suggest a local garage for this if you are a novice. It has to go in from the wheel side, up the tube, out into the levelr area, turn up around the lever and into the keeper. It'll drive you nuts and get REALLY greasy.
Also a good time to go ahead and get the rear brakes serviced. Make sure they turn the drums smooth on a lathe and use new cotter pins on the big axle nut. If you do not see a silver cotter pin bent over the big nut make them change it.
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∙ 14y agoI had the same problem on mine. I tried everything, but nothing would loosen it up. i ended up buying new e-brake cables (around $60 each from the dealership) and installing it myself. They're wicked easy to replace, just make sure you have the right metric sockets (21mm for the wheels, 14mm for the bolts on the cables i think? It was a while ago) and lots of PB spray because the bolts holding the cable on are no doubt rusted. I had to go to the extreme of using a torch on one of them. Good luck
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∙ 12y agoreplace entire cable.
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