e_brake cable removal from caliper...........

[RoadRacer]

How do you remove the e_brake cable from the left rear caliper? I can't get the ##*&% spring off.

[nicktheviking]

I had a hell of a time.

I ended up using vice grips to grab the "ball" at the end of the cable and channel locks to compress the spring in the caliper. It's a lot easier if the caliper is free, you can arch it against the spring.

[RoadRacer]

Thanks, I was able to loosen the adjuster under the car, that gave me much needed slack. The cable came right off the caliper. With the added confidence, I removed the other side (right caliper) cleaned, inspected it and put it back.

[WarbirdAL]

now if only I had read this before this morning! I spent hours trying to get that thing off. It will have to wait for tomorrow. heading to work!

[WarbirdAL]

yeah that was pretty easy once I loosened the handbrake cable, who would have known! I borrowed a tool from the local auto shop that allowed me to put the caliper pistons back in. It is a small attachment to your socket wrench and away it goes. I didnt realize there is a threaded stud inside the caliper that the piston sits on. I thought it was a push n play thing.