emergency brake cable

My parking brake cables were frozen so I purchased new cables (front, intermediate, rear left, and rear right) and brought them along with the truck to my regular service folks. After they installed the new cables, the equalizer that connects to two rear cables to the intermediate cable went...

My parking brake cable needs adjusting. I know the repair manual and the local Ford dealer say it can't be adjusted, but I'm hoping someone here has figured out a field modification that will help me out. Here's the deal. The parking brake shoes were just replaced by my local Ford dealer...