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Old 30th April 2016, 15:10
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Handbrake cable.

This is a problem with my handbrake, cable is seized and partially broken halfway down on both cables. I have just bought a pair of replacement cables and they just push in through the body to the handbrake. The cables on the car at present look as if they have a nut on them as they enter the car from underneath but I can't get a spanner to fit. It's hard to see with all the crud and it's not the easiest place to get when working on the drive.
Does anybody know if they have to be unbolted or just pulled through?
My seized cable is about to snap so don't want to just keep tugging if it is a bolt on fitting.

Right, got the buggers out, they are a push fit but had corroded in. I had to cut the inner cables under the car, then remove the hand brake assembly and pull through the inners. I then used a drift to punch the outer cable out from the inside of the car.
I think this bloody car is going to fight me all the way.

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