Lisle 44210 Universal Emergency Brake Tool

This worked flawlessly

10/27/23 This tool made it quite easy for me to reattach my parking-brake cable, which I would otherwise have been unable to do. But it would have been nice if there were better documentation so that I would have known whether it would apply in my case before ordering it, and whether I would be able to use it by myself. So, I took a few photos to help others see how it works and how it can be used by a single person. I applied a touch of grease to the spring to help the jaws slide into position, placed the cable against a small piece of 3/4" plywood, and pushed the jaws into the spring as shown in the photos at the top of the review-section. The rest is as easy as screwing up, although I included photos as evidence. Unfortunately, I had to detach the lever from the rest of the shoe-assembly in order to get it onto the cable by myself. So, I had to assemble the shoe assembly after attaching the cable to the lever, which was a pain and required considerable futzing around to figure it out. With someone else to hold the brake shoe assembly and hook the lever over the cable, it would have been far easier.

Obviously needed for drum brake jobs at my shop, came on time. Only item I could find for the specific purpose I needed. So worth the money. That being said, it is a bit bendy, wobbly, could be better made. Also the ends that slide between the spring and mount point could be thinner. A bit tricky to get in place. But overall money well spent.

Same as pictures- works good

I wish that I had had one of these 20 years ago.

Bought to help neighbor replace the brakes on a 2007 cobalt cause her boyfriend went to jail. They worked great without them it is a pain if not impossible to take the parking brake cable. I did the good deed of the day. For Free

Only way I could get this on was to completely remove tension on parking brake. Insertion angle should be sharper (filed mine down), and the handles should be round instead of flat.

Just what I was looking for the last few weeks and found it yesterday on Amazon. The closest I found to it so far cost $90 (I'll probably never need it again). Over nighted it with Prime and it worked as I had hoped. I have a 1998 Chrysler Cirrus LXI. It's almost impossible to retract the EB cable spring by yourself. But with this Universal emergency brake tool it was possible. I'll probably never use it again because I will never work on a car with drum brakes again! And I just work on my own personal vehicles. Very happy :-)

Excelente pinza para separar el resorte de freno de mano. Para taller automotriz muy bien.

Bought this to replace my rear brakes on my 2005 cobalt and struggled to get the spring back far enough with a pry tool and vice grips. These were a life saver, worth every penny. Even if you’re a backyard diyer and think you’re only going to use these once, trust me, buy them, they will make your life a thousand times easier. Depending on the car, you may need to pry the spring back before slipping these in but you may not. Great tool to have in your Arsenal

Exactly what I needed! The tool worked perfectly A very friendly driver!

Te facilita separar el resorte del cable del freno de mano sin morder el cable de acero con las pinzas alicatas, y por el costo-beneficio la verdad valen mucho la pena y eso que solo trabajo en mis coches, para un profesional van a ser de GRAN ayuda.

I was hopping a better tool , but nice overall.