Hi a mate of mine would like to know what people are doing to modify there sierra brake cable ?
he Say's SVA say you can't cut the cable in the middle and clamp any more [ that's what i did ]

Its on a indy with disc rear brakes
thanks Jacko

Oh bugger, that's what I've done! :-?

I'd heard the same so I cut the cable at the end and put a blob of weld on the end as a new nipple.

Its still fine after 2 years.

Stu

[Edited on 4/8/08 by whitestu]

Here's my effort. I cut the handbrake cable in half. I then used the adjuster off a rover 200 handbrake and bolted this to the Sierra lever. The cable is attached to the adjuster with a piece of 10mm rod drilled through so the cable will go through then drilled from top to bottom and tapped to 4mm. Cable is securd by a grub screw top and bottom.
Adjustment is done through a hole in the rear bulkhead panel and a rubber grommet seals the hole after adjustment. Works a treat.
Rescued attachment P1010016.JPG

I've also cut mine in the middle ... doh ! but, how can they check short of removing panels from the tunnel?

I cut it and it was no problems 18 months ago.... What's wrong with wire clamps???

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Originally posted by Nosbod
I've also cut mine in the middle ... doh ! but, how can they check short of removing panels from the tunnel?

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i heard if you rap it round so you cant see the clamps or wear its been cut thar are not allowed to remove the rapping to see how its been modded there for thay have to pas it ???

i cut mine at one end and then resoildered the nipple of the hand brake cable back on.

stuart