E Brake Problem??

[thatguybryan]

Long story short, the metal rod on my ebrake that is attached to the ebrake button came out of my ebrake and I can't get the rod back on. I was just wondering if the stock e brake button just screws off, pulls off, or does it not come off at all?

OR, is there any possible way to take the ebrake cable (the one that adjusts the tightness of the ebrake) off without taking the whole rear brake line off and replacing it? Because there is a metal rod that will not allow the cable to get through the hole, because the metal rod is too big. I don't want to take off the rod and slide the cable out, because I'm afraid I won't be able to get the rod back on.

Thanks in advance for any help, I couldn't find much information about this, even in the FSMs.

EDIT: I guess if this is too confusing I will post pictures tomorrow.