Help needed with replacing parking brake pads

[pfact]

hi guys,

I need help changing the parking brake pads my Cobra (SPF 2369) – I can't get the rear pad out. I have loosened the tom bolt and the adjusting screw completely. I ground down one corner of the head of the tom bolt to allow it to sit next to the frame mount, doing so gave me 2mm more opening.

If I could get the toe side to open more it might be doable, but I don't see a way to adjust it, it bottoms out on its mounting pin.

I found Mark III service bulletin 0306mb on SCOF but my parking brake is mounted to the car differently than shown in the bulletin. My parking brake is mounted to a bracket that holds the differential and is bolted to the frame. The brake apparatus is affixed to the bracket by steel pins that are threaded into the mount without a way to remove them - I don't see a way to remove the apparatus without taking the rear end apart.

Loosening the brake disk might help but I don't an easy way to get at the bolts.

Am I missing something here? Are there thinner pads for newer SPFs?

Phil Factor
SPF# 2369
Mount Kisco, NY