I was test fitting my parking brake cables this weekend and was having trouble getting the end of the cable into the pedal assembly. I then noticed what appears to be a defect in the way the cable was made. It looks like the crimp, circled in red, should actually go in the location circled in green. With the crimp in the current location you can't pull enough cable to attach to the pedal. The spring gets compressed too much. Does this look like a bad cable?? It's a Rabestos cable and I have usually had very good success/quality with their products.
Honest dad, that 455 on the side of the block is a serial number