The "V" washer, the "thin" washer and the spring. These are the four main parts to the mechanism. This photo shows the parts as I removed them.Īfter 10 minutes of cleaning with a wire brush and some Simple Green it's a lot easier to see everything. The cable really isn't very long and it's quite thick and sturdy. With those nuts removed and the cable end un-clevised,(is that a real term?) the entire hand brake unit can be jiggled loose and pulled out. Here's the ratchet I used and the nuts and washers that were removed. I used a small ratchet and a long extension to get in there. Here's a trunk shot showing the two 10 mil nuts that hold the entire unit in. This springs the t-handle into the correct locking position when you're hand is removed from it. Upon re-installation, this end needs to be torqued counter clockwise as you're looking from the front to the back of the car. Don't forget to put it back on when reinstalling everything. You'll notice it when you try to pull the entire unit out. This little dust cover slides onto the front of the cable and up onto the end of the sheath. Here you can see the clevis pin, washer and cotter pin used to hold the cable end to the rigid S-bend brake lever This is a very simple attachment, although you wouldn't have known that from a first glance at my grungy piece.Īfter wiping it down with a squirt of carb cleaner on a rag it's much easier to visualize and work on. You can see the hand brake cable on the right attached to the rigid brake lever. Here's a shot of trunk cover plate removed. It just fits into a receiving hole here and will pull out with a little jiggling once you have the unit unbolted. Here you can see the end of the sheath where it sticks into the front firewall. That and the end of the cable are really all that holds it in. There are two small studs on the u-shaped bracket that protrude up through the trunk floor. This photo shows the position of the hand brake prior to removal. I'm happy to report that my brake is now working perfectly again. I was lucky enough to receive some really helpful directions and photos from Alan Klingen, Bruce Baker and John Fletcher, so with their info in hand, I headed out to the garage last night and pulled mine out. It was slipping back down into the tube after being pulled, not locking as it should. The other day I asked a question to the group about how to fix the hand brake on my '58 Speedster.
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