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The driver's side parking brake cable broke off inside the wheel at the shackle. After looking over the passenger side, I decided to replace the passenger side cable as well and purchased a brake shoe kit. I have the wheels completed and the cables are threaded through the proper holes and sitting next to the main shackle where the three cables come together.

Does anyone have a suggestion as to how I can get rear cables attached to this shackle? It is not locked up and I have backed out the tensioning screw and removed the spring but I still need about 1/4 - 1/2 inch of length to get the cables over the hooks... I can't find a DIY on this anywhere.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Make sure that the parking brake pedal is allll the way up and that you've gotten the whole system as slack as possible.....it really is a pain to hook those cables on....it took me about 45 minutes of fiddling with mine recently before I managed to hook it. I was nearing insanity.

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