P.Brake removal help

[stroker 23]

Trying to remove parking brake assembly on a 09 Trike. Read the service manual numerous times and thought it would be a breeze. I cannot get the cable to release from the arm (ball end) or the cable won't release from the bracket that holds the cable. There is just not enough slack. Both areas are like slide into or line up cable with slot and pivot to release. The manual says to pound flat ears that surround a nut, I can't find either, unless they are inside the bracket and can't be seen. I released the tension totally when I started. If this job is unsuccessful, will putting no tension on cables cause any drag down the road.
thanks__dan

 

[rhino 2]

Trying to remove parking brake assembly on a 09 Trike. Read the service manual numerous times and thought it would be a breeze. I cannot get the cable to release from the arm (ball end) or the cable won't release from the bracket that holds the cable. There is just not enough slack. Both areas are like slide into or line up cable with slot and pivot to release. The manual says to pound flat ears that surround a nut, I can't find either, unless they are inside the bracket and can't be seen. I released the tension totally when I started. If this job is unsuccessful, will putting no tension on cables cause any drag down the road.
thanks__dan

I stopped using the park brake years ago.. Left everything in tacked, And just loosened all the tension, With no ill affects... :Shrug:

 

[msocko3]

Trying to remove parking brake assembly on a 09 Trike. Read the service manual numerous times and thought it would be a breeze. I cannot get the cable to release from the arm (ball end) or the cable won't release from the bracket that holds the cable. There is just not enough slack. Both areas are like slide into or line up cable with slot and pivot to release. The manual says to pound flat ears that surround a nut, I can't find either, unless they are inside the bracket and can't be seen. I released the tension totally when I started. If this job is unsuccessful, will putting no tension on cables cause any drag down the road.
thanks__dan

It is a little bit of a PIA to remove the cable, the cables going to each caliber are held into the brackets with grommet with many metal fingers, some of them are bent out to hold it in place. You have to squeeze them together in order to get the cable out of the bracket. When I pulled the cables off my dads 09 and the 10 I had, I had the calipers removed, this made it easy to get the ball end of the cable out of the arm on the caliper.

 

[rap47]

Mine seemed to come off pretty easy if I remember right. I used this diagram with parts in red to be removed. http://www.hdforums.com/forum/attac...king-brake-on-2009-tg-park-brake-assembly.jpg Looks a lot better removed and you don't have to listen to any of that crap rattle around when you hit bumps in the road.

 

[sandrooney]

I had the same problem couldn't get the cables off. I gave up and left it on. I sure would like to remove it.