!!1!!11eleven. How do I disconnect the ebrake cable already?

[rwh11385]

I cannot get that undone, and I cannot disconnect the protective cover from the back of the hub. And it seems like the other end of the cover is attached to the body which I cannot undo either.

So how the fuck?

[RCWells]

Why [post] when one can search. 8)

[DaN]

You need to hammer the pin out of that acutator.
And the cable sleeve is probably just rusted into the backing plate.
Mine was like that on one side, and because of that, i've been rolling with no e brake for like 2 years.
Best of luck

[rwh11385]

Fuck it. I'm retarded. If I disconnect the trailing arms from the subframe, and half shafts from the differential.....I should be able to leave the hub under my car, which the cable attached when I burn out the old bushings. Duh!

Shit....now I wish I didn't disassemble the brakes and undo the cable inside the car. Oh well, learning experience.

[AdamF 88iS]

If you already undid them inside the car, just yank the cambles out of the tubes. They may be rusted in there a little, but thats all that holds them. As for the other end you show in the picture, you just have to knock the pin out. Hell, that pin usually falls out when you take that mechanism apart.

[nando]

haha, this is so simple I'm laughing out loud.. all you have to do is press that pin out, you need is a screwdriver or allen bit; I used a centerpunch. you must have one hell of a rusty car if that's hard to remove, even my exhaust bolts weren't a big deal, much less the ebrake (which you really don't need a manual to take apart, it seemed pretty self explanitory to me).

aren't you doing TA bushings? I wouldn't want my trailing arms dangling by the ebrake cables...

[rwh11385]

haha, this is so simple I'm laughing out loud.. all you have to do is press that pin out, you need is a screwdriver or allen bit; I used a centerpunch. you must have one hell of a rusty car if that's hard to remove, even my exhaust bolts weren't a big deal, much less the ebrake (which you really don't need a manual to take apart, it seemed pretty self explanitory to me).

aren't you doing TA bushings? I wouldn't want my trailing arms dangling by the ebrake cables...

yeah, honestly, i haven't really opened the bentley back up since i started, but glanced at the BEN article a couple times to make sure I was undoing things right, or what tools to use.

but fuck it. I knew to take out that pin....that's what SUPPOSED TO WORK. But it's fucking rusted into there, like it's just one single piece now. I barely saw it had a tiny circle there.....and there is no way I can get it out.

I'll put them on boxes or something. It's not like I haven't stretched then already or anything. :roll: oh well. it's a learning experience. if my car survives, that's good enough.

[e30 gangsta]

can someone draw a arrow on this picture pointing toward this pin?

[BS87]

I find it helps to swivel the large part around serveral times to losen it up, then pound it out a little, the wiggle it some more, and repeat.