Handbrake clips and fiddly bits
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:37 pm
Hi folks,
Had a little issue with my handbrake shaft the other day, gave it a little pull and it popped out and left me hanging with nothing but my shaft in my hand and a red face. Felt like a teenager again!
It's clear I am missing a few parts and I have managed to work out what I believe I need and hopefully the correct terminology for each bit. A couple of queries here:
1: Apart from the shaft coming out, a small bracket/clip thing fell out from under the dash. It's the little H bar that makes the ratchet noise and locks the shaft in place when all is well. I believe it is called the handbrake ratchet "pawl". My Gregory's manual mentions nothing of it and searching Rare Spares, Ebay etc, I located a 'repair kit" for EJ onwards which has 3 bits in it, which I presume would be similar for FB EK. There is no kit for FB EK.
http://www.rarespares.net.au/rarespares ... duct=H1291
I also located a spring by itself on Ebay by everyone's fav seller Early Bits (I think it's number 1 or maybe 3) for FB EK. My questions are, do I need the 3rd piece as in the EJ kit and can someone tell me how it all goes together? I've worked out how the H bar goes in, but how does the spring sit and what is the 3rd bit for? Thanks.. My "ratchet pawl" was working because it had been bodged up, someone had managed to hold the clip in with a cable tie, which seemed to work until the cable came off the end...
2: The reason the shaft came out, I am missing the little circlip that goes around the shaft end over the cable end ball. The only one I can find for sale is again eBay for a stupid price, so can someone confirm if this piece is so rare that the seller can ask $14.99 for a used one and also charge $6.00 postage - it can't be bigger than a 5c piece. Or has anyone used something else like a hose clamp or a generic circlip?
Thanks
Had a little issue with my handbrake shaft the other day, gave it a little pull and it popped out and left me hanging with nothing but my shaft in my hand and a red face. Felt like a teenager again!
It's clear I am missing a few parts and I have managed to work out what I believe I need and hopefully the correct terminology for each bit. A couple of queries here:
1: Apart from the shaft coming out, a small bracket/clip thing fell out from under the dash. It's the little H bar that makes the ratchet noise and locks the shaft in place when all is well. I believe it is called the handbrake ratchet "pawl". My Gregory's manual mentions nothing of it and searching Rare Spares, Ebay etc, I located a 'repair kit" for EJ onwards which has 3 bits in it, which I presume would be similar for FB EK. There is no kit for FB EK.
http://www.rarespares.net.au/rarespares ... duct=H1291
I also located a spring by itself on Ebay by everyone's fav seller Early Bits (I think it's number 1 or maybe 3) for FB EK. My questions are, do I need the 3rd piece as in the EJ kit and can someone tell me how it all goes together? I've worked out how the H bar goes in, but how does the spring sit and what is the 3rd bit for? Thanks.. My "ratchet pawl" was working because it had been bodged up, someone had managed to hold the clip in with a cable tie, which seemed to work until the cable came off the end...
2: The reason the shaft came out, I am missing the little circlip that goes around the shaft end over the cable end ball. The only one I can find for sale is again eBay for a stupid price, so can someone confirm if this piece is so rare that the seller can ask $14.99 for a used one and also charge $6.00 postage - it can't be bigger than a 5c piece. Or has anyone used something else like a hose clamp or a generic circlip?
Thanks
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Works well, you win a prize, but yep, will need to grind it down, so I will hit it up tomorrow. Missus is likely to punch me in the face if I crank it up on Saturday night.
