[monknomo]

My parking brakes don't work. I think I tracked the problem down to really worn out pads and a rusted through cable housing. I've figured out how to replace the pads, but I can't figure out how to remove the cable. I've got all the nuts and springs off the handbrake end of the cable, and have tried to pull it through the passage in the floor, but I can only get it a few inches through before it jams.

I'm wondering if A) I'm missing something really basic and B) how far does the cable housing go into the floor tube? Mine rusted and flaked away right at the point it connects to the car, and I can't tell if I just have a bunch of cable housing stuck in the floor passage.

I don't really want to resort to heroic measures to pull a cable through a hole...