In a message dated 4/29/2001 9:21:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
davidt@opentext.com writes:
> I went to install the handbrake and went to test try it and it doesn't seem
> to want to work as I thought. Can anyone tell me the best way to rebuild it?
>
> I go and press the button and it does not want to release!???!
>
David, maybe it's fine. As I remember, the TR3A has what's sometimes called a
"fly-off" handbrake. On these, you use the push button only to "set" the
brake. A bit of a pull back on the lever (without touching the push button)
will release it and allow it to return to the lowest position. Contrast this
with the later cars that have a "fly-on" handbrake, where you simply pull up
the handle to engage the handbrake and use the push button to disengage it.
--Andy
Andrew Mace, President, The Vintage Triumph Register
<www.vtr.org>
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