i ended up getting ****ed on my '68 and replaced both rear brake cables.
i had no luck using screwdrivers and/or pliers to collapse the 3?
fingers. you might try going in with a series of box end wrenches or
like was just said, deep sockets to close down the fingers so they will
fit through the hole

Dinsdale wrote:

> On Thu, 12 May 2005 18:13:04 GMT, "Paul Garza"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>Does anyone know how do disconnect the rear parking brake cable from the
>>rear backing plate on a '66 coupe with rear drums?
>>
>
>
> If it's like my '65, you have to compress those spring-loaded
> fingers...or tines...or prongs to get it out of the backing plate
> right?
> On one side I was lucky and used a small screwdriver to push one tine
> in at a time while I was pulling on the cable and it came out. The
> other side I used a small hose clamp around the tines to compress them
> at the same time. Someone once told me a box-end wrench would work
> too.
>
>
> DP
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