Assuming the rear brakes are adjusted properly, and assuming that all the
adjustment has been used up on the threads on the end of the cable, and
assuming that you don't want to spend the bucks to by a new cable, the quick
fix is to:
Remove the passenger seat, locate the nut (down by the floor, at the bottom
of the tunnel) that secures the outer cable abutment, undo the nut, push the
abutment back through the hole, then drill a same-size hole about an inch
back from the original. Put a bolt and nut through the original hole (to
prevent the ingress of water, etc.), re-fit the abutment through the new
hole, tighten the nut. Then slacken the adjusting nut on the end of the
cable until you have a properly working handbrake.
Oh, yes, don't forget to put the passenger seat back in........
Lawrie
British Sportscar Center
-----Original Message-----
From: Miller, John <John_Miller@jdedwards.com>
To: 'mgs@autox.team.net' <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 1998 10:22 AM
Subject: MGB Handbrake Tightening
>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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