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Originally Posted by Transonic
Both of those sound too tough for me right now. If I cut the cable are my brakes gonna be affected at all? And when it snaps is it gonna fling around and slice stuff because it's under tension?
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Cutting the cable will not affect the hydraulic brake action at all.
When cutting, it will snap. You can stuff rags around the cable where you cut it so that it will only pull back rather than whip around. The distance the cut end will travel is only an inch or two; you can estimate this by looking at the brake lever arm on the caliper- it can only rotate a small amount. The cable will also unstretch.
I like the screwdriver unhooking the ratchet idea. You might have to pull up on the handle once again to be able to get the teeth disengaged.