Park brake help

[Chriscorr]

Hey all, purchased a c220 cdi w204 couple of months park.
Park brake wasn't great in that you have to really push it fairly hard down to get any type of brake.

I know now what I should of done was tighten the brake shoes in the rear drum... But I didn't and the result....
The other day I pressed the foot brake down to far and I felt like a snap...

The result was no tention on the pedal at all and zero brake.

I took a look at it today expecting to see a snapped cable but the cable is fine.

I then look to see if their was a tensioner where I could tighten up the slack and the cable but their isn't one... The cable runs right to the back of thr car where it splits in 2 at the back axle but their is definitely no tensioner

Anyone any ideas on what has failed here? I'm thinking is it the foot brake pedal itself that needs replacing?

 

[Gazwould]

These are a right royal pain... hense I've somehow not had a working one but some how pass an mot test for years .

Seems like the testers don't care as long as it's an automatic in Park , all separate places too .

Never received a braking result sheet either , surprise , surprise .

 

[Chriscorr]

These are a right royal pain... hense I've somehow not had a working one but some how pass an mot test for years .

Seems like the testers don't care as long as it's an automatic in Park , all separate places too .

Never received a braking result sheet either , surprise , surprise .

Mines a manual really need it sorted

 

[Gazwould]

Even more so .

Day 1 , diagnoses , 3 brake cables .

Day 2 , fitting ( only 2 required in the end ) and adjustment , I dive away and "bang" , what the... was that .
Car passes mot , pedal is all the way down I, discover days later !!

Day 3 , adjustment but only gives mild effort all the way down .

Testing a working manual C Class and it's just 4 clicks .

Day 4 , to be arranged for bedded in adjustment .