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Re: MGB Handbrake Tightening

To: "Miller, John" <John_Miller@jdedwards.com>
Subject: Re: MGB Handbrake Tightening
From: Art Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 13:38:05 -0400 (EDT)
        If the cable can't be adjusted any further then try adjusting the
brakes, if that doesn't help then you can get a clamp at a parts store
that goes around the cable and takes out some slack.
...Art

On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Miller, John wrote:

> Does anyone know how to tighten the handbrake other than the adjustment
> bolt?  I've resorted to removing the spring from the bolt and tightening the
> nut all the way to the bitter end, and although it works much better now, it
> still rolls very slowly when parked on an incline.  I've looked at the
> cables and there doesn't seem to be any easy way to shorten them.  
> 
> John Miller
> 76 MGB
> 


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