Parking brake spring

[white95]

Does anyone have experience with “rewinding” or “re-clocking” the parking brake handle spring? I replaced the front section of the e-brake cable awhile back but there is no tension in the handle when you pull it up. It seems the spring is not seated in the proper position and I just couldn’t figure it out that night. Which was probably two years ago.

Can anyone throw your favorite admin a bone here?

 

[weendoggy]

No bone, but when I did my Cobra (fox body e-brake setup), I had to take it to the bench and wind it carefully using vice grips at times and using a small punch to insert in the hole to keep it form flailing about. Then it just got put back in the car. I did the same thing when doing the brakes on the '02, but left it in the car. You just have to wind and keep using vice grips/pliers to hold and get the punch or whatever in the hole before you release the grip, or it'll give you time to clean your shorts. You should be able to wind it a revolution, put pin in, re-group and repeat until you're happy.