clunk from E brake

[petecb]

last few days my E brake foot pedal has been very stiff and only clicked down 2 notches - untill yesterday that is , went to put it on and felt something give , i'm guessing a cable or something . the E brake still works on one side but not the other . does anyone have a diagram of how the system works as so i can diagnose the problem without taking it all apart . car is a 98 230k clk auto
thanks in advance - PB

 

[Stratman]

I assume by E brake you are referring to the foot operated parking brake.

When you press the parking brake pedal, cable A is pulled in the direction of the arrow. Lever C pivots around B, pulling cables D. These pull on the individual wheel actuators. In reality the cables D are just one cable, looped around the adjuster slipper E.

This mechanism is located under the rear seat base, you can see it when the cover plate is removed.

 

[BlackC55]

It is a bit different on a 208 Stratman.

Remove the rear discs and look at the mechanism. A spring may have snapped.

 

[Stratman]

There's me thinking it's a C Class under the skin.

Apologies. Still, I got a bit of Photoshop practice

 

[petecb]

cheers guys , for some reason i thought it might be connected to the diff ? if its all on the disc then that should be simple enough for me .