whats the easyest way, without cutting the ebrake cables to get them off? im pulling an axle out of a rig and dont want to cut the lines because im going to be using all my cables and then swapping my old axle back into that rig. is there a way to remove the cables from the brakes them self inside the drum? the bolt were the 2 ebrake cable meet and join that 1 cable, the bolt is rusted so i cant get a wrench around it. so how would i go about removing the cables?

 

Yes.
Pull the drum and you'll see where the cable attaches. Super simple to do.

 

So if I pull the drum off to expose the brakes I cn detatch the cable and then it will detach from the back of the brakes so I can reuse them?

 

Anyone else have any advice?

 

not really alot of options either remove the drum and detach them in there or work on getting that nut loose where the 2 attach is pretty much all you can do theres no magical way to dissconect them

 

Ok well I just wanted to make sure there was other ways so removing the drum I can access the cable and take it off that way

 

yeah im not sure if you have to take the brake shoes off or not but you should be able to do it without taking it all apart

 

If I have to take the shoes off is that easy to do? I kno theres springs in there and I heard they are a pita.

 

Detach the two lines up front (top end of your driveshaft, tail of transmission) the tow lines come into a common bracket from the ebrake handle system. Detach here and detach from the two spring hangers and take the whole park brake lines as well as the axle. If your drums are stuck on this may be easier.