Question: Rear subframe disassembly - hand brake cable removal

[Crazy Harry]

Hi all, I'm stripping down an E85 rear subframe axle assembly that I bought to recondition ready to swap into my Zed. I'm almost done breaking it down so I can store it in bits rather than sitting on a pallet taking up drive space.

All I have to do is pull the handbrake cables from the guides in the subframe - but which way do they go?

Photoed with the assembly upside down (so as though looking from under the car) do they go in direction A - which means I have to disconnect the other end from the hub assembly. Or direction B; which given the rust and crud in the guide way is going to be a bit of a yank to get the outer cable end through!

 

[MJJamieson]

I can't remember exactly but I think the bore is big enough to go either way but removing from the hub is easier than removing from the handbrake assembly.

 

[Crazy Harry]

I can't remember exactly but I think the bore is big enough to go either way but removing from the hub is easier than removing from the handbrake assembly.

Thanks. Might just need a big pull past all the rust. The inboard end was disconnected when the assembly was removed from the car so the only end that's connected is the hub end. It's just that the plastic end (above the letter A) looks a very tight fit until I get the steel subframe shot blasted.