Replacing E-Brake Lines

[Scettles]

So about a year ago my left rear wheel wouldn't disengage from the e-brake and it ended up tearing all the springs and everything in there to pieces. So I took it to a shop cause I couldn't get the wheel off by hand... they did and the replaced everything and went to tighten e brake cables up they said and that one would not release unless they hit the drum with a hammer. So they said I needed to replace that ebrake line. I didn't. They just unhooked and got the right side working and I had ebrake from that one wheel few a while. Now don't have anymore ebrake and I bought both lines new to replace them. I have done these brakes multiple times but never knew how to do the ebrake. Can someone give me a walk through of after installing the new line how to get it right and correctly tight and releasing correctly and what not.. 99 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4 rear drum brakes.

 

[nobbyv]

Working on this myself. Running the two rear lines is actually pretty easy. You have to remove the shoes and hardware (I did anyway). Get a pair of wire cutters and snip the four retaining prongs that hold the collar onto the drum backing plate. Then you just snake the cable through a few holes in the chassis to where they meet on the driver's side.

The two rears took me about 20 minutes each, not counting re-assembling the drums/hardware.