dcmelik

How do I remove the parking brake cable to remove the rear wheel hub carrier? It is attached to the operating lever, which will not travel through the carrier. If it makes a difference, I have started on the passenger side (US) -- right hand side on the left drive car.

I am replacing the rear wheel bearing this weekend. This is not a run of the mill brake job.

In a related question, the half shaft on my 87S4 seems to be welded, not bolted, on the outside (wheel side) end. Therefore, when the hub carrier is removed, this will expose splines and the rubber boot will only be loose on the end. Does this make sense or is there a better way?

The archives have not answered this question for me so I apologize for the bandwidth. Many thanks in advance.

David Cmelik
87 928S 4 auto "indischrot"
01 986 5 speed "seal grey metallic"
00 BMW 323i black on red

NickT

Once you remove the e-brake and everything it will push through the carrier.. if yo u look on the pic, the tube with yellow paint on it is the e-brake tube through the carrier.

Once you remove everything holding the top half of the carrier, you can rotate it down and remove the axle. I just wired the axle up, as I didn't want to take it off of the gear box.

Getting the lower pin out is the toughest part of this job.. plenly of WD40 or something similar and work it back and forth.. Use a drift to bang it carefully through.

Other than that, not such a bad job really.

dcmelik

Thank you, NickT! Talk about a great 928 community. It looks like you were able to get the cable through the yellow painted tube. My problem: figuring out where to disconnect the cable from the operating lever which pivots up and down and actuates the shoes.

How to disconnect this from the cable so the cable can "thread" or travel through this tube?

Many thanks again!

David Cmelik
87 928S 4 auto "indischrot"
01 986 5 speed "seal grey metallic"
BMW 323i black on red

NickT

Once you pull all the e-brake parts off, shoes, adjusters and spings, the piece circled in red folds and slides through the tube. If my memory serves... I don't remember that being a sticking point so you should have to much issues with it..

I know there are write ups on getting the bearing in and out... My advice... take it to a machine shop.. 15 minutes and they can do the whole job.. The place I took it to did it for no charge it was so easy. Right tool for the right job.

Good luck

NickT

Actually in the first picture you can see the e-brake parts (lower left corner).. There is a piece that does come off the lever (circled in red) then it slides though.

dcmelik

Through the carrier, you mean, yes? No way that thing is going through the tube. I'll take another look in the morning. Many thanks again, NickT, you've been very helpful. That piece is in pieces for me, so I trust that is part of my problem. I'll update later.

David Cmelik
87 928S 4 auto "indischrot"
01 986 5 speed "seal grey metallic"
00 BMW 323i black on red

dcmelik

I finally *cut* the e-brake cable to remove the rear hub carrier. After removing the offending piece, I realized that the pin in the operating lever comes out easily and that it need only be tapped out when the mechanism is in place to remove that pin. Then, the cable can slide through the tube.

Live and learn. I will have to replace the e-brake cable on the right side now. Perhaps the cable for the entire car. I haven't checked yet.

David Cmelik
87 928S 4 auto "indischrot"
01 986 5 speed "seal grey metallic"
00 BMW 323i black on red

Hilton

Time to bump an old thread.

Question for those who've been here before, as when I've dropped the rear suspension previously I left the brake cables attached to the hub (and unbolted them from the X-member). This time I need to disconnect the hub so I can put it in the press and get the damn lower shock pin out.

Do I have to pull the tubes (item 33 below) out of the hub to remove the e-brake cable from the hub? Or is it possible to pull the brake cable through the tube once the pin is removed from the lever assembly?

I've got the lever off the end of the brake cable, but I'm trying to work out whether its corrosion or metal thats preventing me getting it out of the hub.

Bertrand Daoust

Hilton,
I did this job two years ago, when I had to remove the hubs to be able to press the shock pins out (just like you)
and I had to cut the cable to be able to take the cable(s) out.
Normaly, I think the cable should slide out through the tube but mine didn't want to because of corrosion inside the tube.
And both tubes were realy stuck in the hubs.
Put two new cables and tubes. Actualy, used parts from 928Intl.

Mrmerlin

try heating the tube and spraying with PB blaster it may come out of the hub mount.
twisting the tub some would also help