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Snapped the parking brake cable?

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Old Jul 11, 2011 | 05:07 PM
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Snapped the parking brake cable?

So I got home today, parked, pulled up the parking brake handle, and... hear a SNAP! And now the parking brake handle just flops around freely.

So I'm guessing I snapped the cable inside there somewhere? Anything I should check (I'm not mechanically inclilned, I mean anything easy and obvious lol) before it goes to the mechanic?
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Old Jul 11, 2011 | 05:37 PM
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Have someone look at the cable from underneath while you operate the lever ,just above the driveshaft, there is a single heavy cable about a foot long which connects to 2 thinner cables ,one for each side rear brake.

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