Replacing Parking Brake Cables
 

Hey Guys. I currently have two parking brake cables on my car that are no longer in working order. I have two brand new ones sitting right beside me. However. I was planning on putting them on before I moved here from PEI, but did not have time. So now I am without most of my resources. So I'm wondering what all it would entail to replace these, pretty straight forward? Or not so much?

Thanks.

I was in the same damn Dilemma, when me and D.T.P. were trying to fix my e-brake lines. Looks like you have to take out most of your interior to get them in place properly and that can be a pain in the ass , and theres more.

Anyone have a diagram of how the brake lines go through?

I had to replace my driver's side cable this year on my 96 RS. Here's the long, drawn out version...

The biggest problem I found was that the cable was rusted to the rear caliper bracket...although "rusted to" is probably a bit of an understatement...more like "fused by the sands of time"...or something more dramatic like 'dat 'dere...

Anyway...

The second biggest pain in the arse is the exhaust heat shield. Both cables snake above the exhaust pipe, and between the heat shield and the floor pan. Ideally, I would have disconnected the exhaust just behind the cat, lowered it, and unbolted the heat shield. Instead, I managed to take a nice chunk of skin off my hand while trying to get the cable around the shield and exhaust pipe.

The third biggest pain in the arse is the interior. You have to remove the center console (easy-peasy), but on my 96, the carpet covers the hole in the floor where the rubber gromets come up through the floor. So ideally, you would have to pull up the rear seats, rear panels, etc etc until you could pull ALL of the carpet back. IF, however, you don't give a sh!t about your carpet (as I do :)) you can use a knife to slit the carpet enough to get decent access to the holes in the floor pan. You can then yank, pull, tug, curse and swear your way to a proper e-brake cable installation.

SO...all that said, it isn't that bad. I would do it again if I had to, and I'm using basic hand tools and jack stands.

I still have the center console off the car, and I also live in Kitchener. The car is going into storage next weekend, but if ya like, I'd happily give you a first person tour of what I had to do.

Flip me a PM if you need any help ;)

And welcome to Ontario!

EDIT: somewhere around here i have an e-brake cable routing diagarm...lemme see if I can figure out how to post it...

^ BAM.

Sounds like a pain in the damn ass.

Yup, doable in your driveway, though its not fun.

If you got time and most importantly patience, go right ahead and save yourself some $.