2012 E350 How do I remove parking brake cable in the hub

[barreti]

Hi all.

My 2012 E350 failed its MOT on the parking brake (and corroded front brake pipes, but that's another story)

I've got the rear brakes apart - calipers off, brake rotors off, shoes off - so I can fit all new, and found the metal thing on the hub end of the brake cable which has a kind of scissor action is seized on one side. I've drowned it in PlusGas but it still won't shift so I want to get it to the bench but I can't figure out how it comes off the end of the brake cable.

I've read loads, found some great photos and watched countless YouTube vids but can't find out how the parking brake comes off the hub.
Can anyone advise the trick for getting this thing off.

The plan is to take off the good one so I can work it out, then see if I can wrestle the seized one off. I'm hoping sorting this out will make the brake work, though from what I've been reading this parking brake is a damned liability.

Thanks
IanB

 

[barreti]

The thing which has seized is shown clearly in this video from 13:42 and again at 16:11 when he is greasing it with a white grease.
Sadly I cant understand a word !!

IS the white grease he is using just white lithium grease. If it is I have some in a spray can so I guess I need some in tin because the spray blasts it everywhere

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[johnsco]

I guess the spray is brake cleaner .... Buy it from any spares shop.
I get it from ECP.
The white grease .... He appears to apply it very generously with the brush.
I would use MB Brake Grease applied very-sparingly.
You don't want to contaminate the brake linings.
I have found MB parking brake shoes an awkward and fiddly job to do ... As the video shows.