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Hello all, I was reading some of the posts and came across the parking brake cables and the dealer wanting 800.00. I was reading responses and someone mentioned removal of gas tank. I have a customer that just moved to Virginia, from Jamestown, NY. The rear e-brake hardware and shoes and dust shields were all gone. The cable from lever to axel was broken. I was cringing when I saw all the rust. There was no way I was taking out the gas tank, another can of worms would have been opened. I was able to replace the cables with just removing exhaust system from the cat and the heat shield, there is a cable clamp close to the heat shield that holds the cable off the heatshield to prevent from rattles. I removed the center console and fished the new cable from inside. The two other cables were not fun. The aluminum had oxsidized around the steel sleeve and made the cables very hard to remove, but with patients and PB Blaster and a pair of vise grips on a slide hammer was able to work them out. Cleaned up everything and made sure cable routing was the same. The new dust shields were quite difficult to replace, they do not fit over the rear hub. I had to make a small cut in new shield and remove the studs from hub to get the job done. Installed new springs and hardware and shoes, Put the studds back in hub, installed rotor and brakes, adjusted hand brake and installed the center console, heat shield and exhaust. Total job was over 7 hours and not fun. All this so she could get a VA safety inspection. If I had followed the manual it would have been much longer. Here in Virginia, cars never see that much rust and corrosion to cause a problem. So It was the first job I had done on a 960 with IRS. I hope I don't see another in the near future.
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