Can anyone give me some advice on replacing the front handbrake cable please. I've had a good read through some past threads but I can't work out if it is a tank down job or not?
Mr Haynes has it as a simple ... undo this, that and the other and pull it through, but in the real world it's not that simple, I can get it to move about 3 inches either way but it will not withdraw.
thanks in advance.
Front handbrake cable replacement
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Front handbrake cable replacement
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Re: Front handbrake cable replacement
you've checked the wiki pages?
https://club8090.co.uk/wiki?ti ... rake+cable" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Front handbrake cable replacement
Sure have ... unless I blatantly missed something!
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Re: Front handbrake cable replacement
It probably is REALLY simple when the tank's off which is a BARSTEWARD of a job unless you have twig-like arms and broken fingers.
Ian
Ian
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Re: Front handbrake cable replacement
Couldn't get it out despite best efforts and finally ran out of time
but not before coming up with this as a repair job for the snapped cable

Made out of an old piece of M6 threaded rod and a wood screw insert with the thread ground off used to join the two together!



Made out of an old piece of M6 threaded rod and a wood screw insert with the thread ground off used to join the two together!
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Re: Front handbrake cable replacement
I posted some of these out 4 or 5 years ago 

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