Removing handbrake button?
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:52 pm
I need to shorten the handbrake by about an inch so I need to move the button back down the lever. Any idea how to get it out?
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Removing handbrake button?
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:02 pm
Hold/turn/pull - I've just this second done it, since I have a handbrake on my desk and wanted to be sure I was right...
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:06 pm
Hold the button, turn it and pull it out? Which way does it turn?
On the other hand, I could try it for myself
Thanks.
On the other hand, I could try it for myself
Thanks.
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:10 pm
Either way - it's just sat over a plain rod 
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:46 pm
Pliers and pull, easy as that!
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:53 am
No need for pliers, honest
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:33 am
All I had to do in my 4 door was pull the handbrake on without pressing the button in - It would then fly out, bounce off the dash, and disappear under the seats...
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:56 am
Packedup wrote:All I had to do in my 4 door was pull the handbrake on without pressing the button in - It would then fly out, bounce off the dash, and disappear under the seats...
As the floor is not in place I shall try not to lose mine on the driveway...Thanks everybody, it sounds pretty simple.
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:36 pm
Ahh - a 'fly -out' handbrake there Packedup!! As opposed to the more desireable 'fly-off' handbrake.
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:22 pm
Later MM's with the friction fit can ping out which releases the handbrake, nice if you're parked on a hill!
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:31 pm
Making sure your desk doesn't roll away?bigginger wrote:I've just this second done it, since I have a handbrake on my desk
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:39 pm
Nope, ready for a hill start, plus the fancy turns I like to make.