AUTOHELP THREAD

I need to compress the spring circled in the pic. Every video i watch the spring compressed easily but mine barely budges, is there an easier way to do it that doesnt take 3 hands?

I fuckin hate drum brakes

Heres another picture with everything off, i just need to slip it into this notch so i can finish putting the drum together then im done with this project.

A pair of small pliers or clippers, put them where the spring ends, press lightly, push as hard as you can towards the other end so the spring compresses and the cable is exposed, press very hard with the pliers/clippers to lock it in place, secure the cable, let go and congratulate with yourself.

Fucking handbrake cables man, I hate them with a passion as everything drum-related

Fuck man, ive been trying that for a little over 2 hour and just got beat up hands. Its the best way i think but im getting frustrated. Once i get this the rest is easy and i can go to sleep.
Whats the worst that happens if i just cut the ebrake line?

You needing a new line

Try putting the handbrake on with full strength before using a small hammer to beat on the stuck parts

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Its 2am here, i need my car for work tomorrow otherwise id be asleep.

So youre saying put the ebrake on and then try to put it on? Only thing thats the problem is i cant compress the spring enough. Id be fuckin easy if i had another hand.

Oh, so its the parking brake stuck unengaged, not stuck & locking the wheel?

>hack car back together
>sleep
>work
>buy proper tool and never have this situation again

I think what he means is that the handbrakes isn't stuck, it's just the spring that is very hard do compress and this makes it quite difficult to put the cable where it was.
I think he disengaged the cable to work on the drums and now just needs to put it back on