Case 1840 Parking Brake Replacement, New Member, New Question

Hey everyone,

I'm new to this forum and a proud new owner of a 2000 Case 1840. I am in middle of a proactive parking brake cable replacement on this machine and have run into a problem with a stuck spacer on one of these assemblies. Everything I've read and everyone I talk to says that once you remove the clips the spacer, spring, and pin should come right out... well mine didn't. The one I did get out took a couple hours of yanking on what was left of the cable to get the assembly out. The spacer that is still stuck has run out of cable from all my yanking and my knuckles are now bandaged and my kids are scared from my swearing. Any tricks to working these spacers out? Here are a couple pictures to help describe my dilemma. One of them shows the whole assembly out.

Thanks ahead of time for any feedback.

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