Replaced front parking brake cable today. 73 $ and 4 hours later i now have parking brakes again. Anyone else have to do this repair? any problems it was easier than i thought

4 hrs .... holy crap . I hope you learned a few things ....

lol... probably would have taken me about 6. but yes, i didnt have to do it but the previus owner did

ya actually had most of lower dash apart and had to remove the actual pull lever to find out how to get the old barrel (the end of the snapped cable) out plus do this by myself in the dark at about 36 degrees but ya i didnt mind thats how you learn right

How did you remove the old cable from the rod?

In case anyone is wondering, you've got to yank out the pin from the pull rod, then you can rotate it freely. The pin that I mean is that small metal rod, flattened on the end which is inserted horizontally into the pull rod.

Also worth noting is that the brake light in the dash is wired in parallel with the brake fluid level sensor. In my case, since the brake light had been on for a while as the hand brake cable was broken, I didn't realize that brake fluid level had dropped a bit. It was only after I put in the new cable that I saw that the brake light in the dash was still on.

Any tip on how to get that pin out? I tried to do this the other day and that sob is in super tight....also was there slack on your cable when you disengaged the parking brake?

You don't have to yank out the pin. There's a button toward the front of the rod that lets you push the rod about 2 inches farther in, then you can hook the cable from inside the hood after removing the pulley. You do need to remove the switch for the light, or the prong on the rod that pushes the button.

The biggest problem I had was finding a new cable. The install itself only took me about 20 minutes and I'm not very good at auto work.

So where did you find a brake cable, i am in the market to find one and replace my broken on my 93

you should've done a write-up! i have to do mine soon too but ive been putting it off. not to mention my local dealership want 160 bucks for the damn thing

To get the pin to come out I just grabbed it with a set of needle nose pliers and pulled it right out. At the time the cable had snapped, so there was slack.

Yeah where did ya find a replacement cable, I just busted mine!

I got mine on ebay. But you should be able to get them directly from a Toyota dealer.

I found mine on toyotapartszone.com for $58.56 with UPS ground shipping, got it in yesterday and putting it in this weekend. i will let you all know how it goes.

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1993 4Runner, SR5, 22RE, 195K and running strong

Old thread, but I'm dealing with this on my '92. Just as an FYI, there are spines on the pin that you need to pull out to rotate the parking brake handle a little further to get the cable unhooked. So this pin needs to be pulled straight out, not twisted.

I tried pulling it straight out with a set of visegrips and didn't have any luck. After twisting it, I broke the pin

After looking under the truck and unhooking the other end of that front parking brake cable, it looks like putting in a new one will be difficult since there are connectors on each end.

Any suggestions? I was going to practice on mine before heading over to pick-n-pull, but I might just try fixing or welding the cable back together.