Originally Posted by
sk8erjosh09
When you get into it, you'll see that the shoe plates should make contact with a weird looking double U (U's on opposite sides) clip thing. If the shoe plates aren't touching that, just force them back into place.
CAUTION: Drink ONE beer while doing this to try and stay calm, and prevent going bald. The E-brake assembly on these cars will drive you mad.
I agree, won't really know what's wrong until you pull the cover off the E-Brake. Most likely the bolts were too long and knocked something around on the inside. My spare tire has shorter bolts with it, and I remember Steve having problems when he swapped out wheels on his Mercedes, way back in the day, because his bolts were too long.