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Handbrake cable removal?
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:17 pm
by lxstuart
Ok, couldn't find anything on here and the workshop manual was pretty useless.
Pretty sure my drivers side handbrake cable has seized, I was intending to remove and soak in WD40, to coax it back to life.
How awkward is the removal?
Anyone with any pics?
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:26 pm
by LewisH
I looked at replacing mine, decided against it...
Its probably not a hard job, just looks awkward?
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:29 pm
by Vtecmec
You'll have to remove the centre console to get to the lever end, undo it there, then there is about 5 or 6 bolts along its length under the car and then to remove from the calliper you need to remove the gudgeon pin.
You might get away with taking it off the calliper, undoing a few more bolts, leaving the rest on the car and dropping some oil down allowing gravity to take it along its length, saving you half of the job.
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:32 pm
by Vtecmec
The seizing may well be the calliper and not the cable though, which you can determine when you separate it from the calliper.
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:41 pm
by lxstuart
Its a recon caliper, so I jolly well hope not
Sounds easy enough, most of the interior is out anyways (well sort of, cos its all been pilled into the back again) so doesn't sound too taxing.
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:45 pm
by Gayno
I had a seized cable at last years MOT.
The Prelude's cable run is badly designed, as it loops up at the end to the caliper. This means if the rubber boot on the end perishes, water gets in and then sits at the bottom of the loop, this then rusts the cable inner and outer, causing it to seize.
It's a ballache to do the driver side one, as it runs above the heatsheild for the exhaust so you need to remove these first. To remove the heatsheild, you need to drop the whole exhaust system off it's hangers and hinge it down at the flexi.
@Confused and I did this last year for mine, took about 2 hours on a cold and dark February evening using only torchlight!
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:00 pm
by jjmartin349571
Gayno wrote:It's a ballache to do the driver side one
That's the impression I got when I looked AFTER cutting my handbrake cable
Fml
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:02 pm
by Gayno
Why did you cut it?!
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:17 pm
by jjmartin349571
Because I lost my temper with the pin securing it to the caliper and it was cold and dark and I just wanted the caliper off - I regretted it pretty much immediately after I did it
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:46 pm
by wurlycorner
We've all had moments like that jj