bear 0 Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 fitted a new brake caliper, put the old pads back in but now the handbrake cable is to short, anybody have any good ideas to fix it Link to post Share on other sites
shail 0 Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 How short? You could just wind then off under the rear ashtray, connect up and re-tighten nuts under ashtray so suit Link to post Share on other sites
bear 0 Posted January 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 i took the nuts of completely conected the cable to the caliper but then the cable was to short to fix back, thought about fitting a new cable but might be shorter because its new Link to post Share on other sites
legvw 0 Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 Did you locate the outer cable into the metal tube as the cable goes into the car properly? Link to post Share on other sites
bear 0 Posted January 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 had a look under the car to check , looked ok, might strip it down tomorrow, but the brakes work fine, Link to post Share on other sites
bear 0 Posted February 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 sorted the hand brake,fitted a new cable, good has new now. the old cable had a few splits in it which wont help. Link to post Share on other sites
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