# Broken emergency brake cable **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [July 11, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/broken-emergency-brake-cable/66174 "2011-07-11T23:10:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Satstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Satstro](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Satstro)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/broken-emergency-brake-cable/66174/1 "2011-07-11T23:10:41Z")
I broke my emergency brake cable on my 2000 chevy silverado. It broke before the cable splits to two wires to go to the two rear tires. I would like to know if this is something I can handle myself. My biggest question is how I get access where the wire attaches to the pedal itself. Any advice would be great. ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/broken-emergency-brake-cable/66174/2 "2011-07-11T23:44:05Z")
If you have a service manual this is probably a fairly simple job. Just read the manual and follow the instructions. If you’re going to try it with no instructions, good luck. A Haynes manual is not very expensive. A factory manual would be better, but costs more. Whether of not you can handle it yourself only you can say. Read the procedure in the manual, then decide; can I handle it, or not? ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/broken-emergency-brake-cable/66174/3 "2011-07-12T03:46:13Z")
Dependingon what fittings and so on are on the new cable, I think you are going to want to use the old cable to pull the new one through.