removing handbrake cable help!

[cal]

Changing both handbrake cables on my 172, struggling to remove old cables from calipers.

They are really seized in place.

Am i just really weak?! or is there an easier technique to pull the cable from the caliper?

cheers

 

[Fred@BTM]

you backed off the adjuster above the centre section?

 

[cal]

yeah disconnected cable from adjuster so its completely slack. should it just pull out of where it first meets caliper? its the cable surround part that seems to be seized where it slots in, not actual cable(this i have removed from caliper!)

 

[Henry]

the cable guide? you may need to whack it out - probably corroded in there

 

[cal]

yeah that sounds right. what could i use to get it out?

 

[Henry]

hammer/suitable drift (screwdriver?). they can take some shifting, had the same bother before

i think it's because the caliper is alloy and will have reacted with the steel/whatever-it-is of the ferrule on the end of the outer cable

ed. need to be careful not to damage the caliper, as alloy's not tough

 

[cal]

nice one cheers for your help

 

[cal]

would any kind of penetrating oil spray help at all?

 

[Henry]

wouldn't hurt

they may knock out fairly easily if you haven't already tried it

 

[Fred@BTM]

you need to grab the arms with some molegrips and twist them to get the cables off sometimes

 

[cal]

cheers fred, i'l give it a go after work.
i came to you for a service last saturday (black 172) can you remember front wheel was too far back in arch? Can't remember what you said would be bent? front arm?