So no one else had a hand brake issue with their 101?
Need advice from the brains trust please.
the handbrake on Chucky went 'ping' a few weeks ago and the handbrake lever went loose and non functional.
Finally got around to looking at it and it looks like something's parted company up at the handbrake lever in the cabin. Pulled the boot back and it looks like the mechanism is mounted under the cowl which doesn't come off.
So anyone here know how to get it apart without dismantling the front of the vehicle?
As always, any help appreciated.
If you need to contact me please email homestarrunnerau@gmail.com - thanks - Gav.
So no one else had a hand brake issue with their 101?
If you need to contact me please email homestarrunnerau@gmail.com - thanks - Gav.
Never had a problem with my handbrake but just had a look at mine - just remove the grill and access from inside the tunnel - looks quite easy actually - the bracket that holds the handbrake bolts to the side of the inside of the tunnel on the drivers side.
The bracket taken with the grill lifted off
The Handbrake bracket bolt heads on the inside of the tunnel
Looks easy to remove.
Thanks heaps Garry. Just checked mine and I have a heap of stuff in the way of mine (endless air stuff) which is why I didn't twig. And it was dark.
Looks like the bowen cable has snapped so no quick fix, I'll get one made when I get back from corowa. Will have to take a wheel chock with me.
If you need to contact me please email homestarrunnerau@gmail.com - thanks - Gav.
I would have thought AJ would have had a cable.
Did you see the pics I put up - they were there and now have disappeared - they were linked to photobucket. Looks like the site is still taking hits.
Pics still show fine for me.
Even if AJ has one, there's no way I can get it in time from him anyway, but I'll give him a call.
Cheers.
If you need to contact me please email homestarrunnerau@gmail.com - thanks - Gav.
I had to do the cable on my parking brake many years ago.
The standard cable is a unusual type with a flat blade inner arrangement.
With age it gets stiff and too much friction...........then one day the top end of the inner part of the cable will fold in on itself when releasing the brake.
Then it will snap the next time you apply the parking brake.
It is possible to replace the cable with a metal rod, but doing this loses mechanical advantage.
The local cable makers to me fabricated a new cable in the normal Bowden style which when done correctly works better than the standard cable.
A little while ago I had a Toyota 80 series owner give me a hard time about being a Landrover owner around the camp fire.....the usual stuff......leaks oil and snaps axles etc.
The next day the same person for different reasons was riding in the passengers seat of the 101.
Should have seen the look on their face when I applied the parking brake on a 45 degree slope just using my little finger under the lever and it easily held.
Ron
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