MikeR
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| posted on 13/5/04 at 12:21 PM |
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hand brake cables
I seem to recall talk a while ago about using hand brake cables from an old BL car (Ital?) Can anyone remember or can anyone let me know the best way
of doing a hand brake. Currently I've got a lot of thin air between my sierra handbrake lever and the capri axle.
MikeR.
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 13/5/04 at 12:25 PM |
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the book mentions alegro cables,mine used a seirra cable shortened and joined to fit
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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Peteff
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| posted on 13/5/04 at 12:40 PM |
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Have you still got the solid bar linkage on the Capri axle? I used that and a shortened Capri cable. If you use the twin cable Allegro you will have
to weld some brackets to the axle for them.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 13/5/04 at 06:39 PM |
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Very much as Peteff's car. I shortened the capri cable, removed the boomerang and rod from the sierra lever and put a threaded bar into the
existing bracket and attached the cable with grub screws. The treaded bar and the nylon insert came from a cavalier clutch cable which had beeb
repaired by the AA, hence the grub screws
 
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If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 13/5/04 at 06:41 PM |
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...close up of the cable attachment
 
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If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 13/5/04 at 06:45 PM |
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...and made the cable central using a squiggly pipe!
 
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If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Peteff
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| posted on 13/5/04 at 06:51 PM |
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The old squiggly pipe ploy eh!!
I just cut the end off and made a loop with a cable clamp but it achieves the same thing.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 13/5/04 at 06:56 PM |
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Pete will probably confirm this, put the cable high up, the capri axle is tall, mine is only 4" below the top rail, so I offset my cable to
avoid any conflict of space.
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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britishtrident
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| posted on 15/5/04 at 06:44 PM |
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Seem to remember most Capris had a MK2 Cortina style cable --- the late Ital one fits the Escort axle no bother and gets rid of the awful rubber
hinge thingy I just shortened the inner and outer on mine but the Capri is wider so the outer would neeed shorteened more than the inner..
An alternative is to use the repro handbrake cables made for MG TF and TD Midgets -- exactly the right length easy to get and not that expensive
--- also like to be still available long into the future.
One for each wheel they fit on to the early Mini or Morris 1000 handbrake lever.
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