Brake cable connecting device for a drum brake

A brake cable connecting device for fastening a brake cable to a brake lever (20) of a drum brake in a blind manner which reduces cost and weight of the brake device. The connecting device is formed of a U-shaped channel (20a) provided on a free end of the brake lever (20) and a guide unit (30) for automatically attaching the brake cable (14) to the free end of the brake lever when the brake cable is pushed toward the brake lever. The guide unit made separately from the brake lever includes a cable retaining groove (30c) bent into U-shape and attached to the channel of the brake lever, a guide member (30b) for leading the brake cable to the frontside edge surface of the cable retaining groove, and a ramped surface (30d) for deflecting the brake cable when the brake cable moves along the surface thereof for generating a return force in the brake cable. The brake cable snaps into the cable retaining groove by the return force when an end (14a) thereof passes the peak of the ramped surface.