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Post Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:11 pm

I have bought some complete disk rear trailing arms
Arms
Disks
Calipers
Hand brake cables

My only question is how do I go about fitting the hand brake cables as the ones attatched to the arms don't have any plastic covers round them.
Do I feed the cables through my existing ones?
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Post Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:43 pm

Ends must have been cut off of the cables, in which case they are scrap.
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Post Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:46 pm

Handbrake cable outer's rust to the guide tube where the cable enters the car.So at a wild guess,your supplier has just un-bolted the cable at the handbrake and pulled the lot through.

I am not sure what the difference is between disc brake h/b cables and drum brake h/b cables,if any,but a hunt through one of the online parts lists will tell you if the part has the same number.

TBO,if it were me,I would fit a pair of nice new cables anyway!
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Post Sat Jan 26, 2013 3:40 pm

I'll try and get some pictures up later

I have to renew the disks and pads so maybe new handbrake cables isn't a bad shout


Another question I forgot to add was I just bought an e46 rack
What ujs ect is best too use?
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Post Sat Jan 26, 2013 8:01 pm

daimlerman wrote:Handbrake cable outer's rust to the guide tube where the cable enters the car.So at a wild guess,your supplier has just un-bolted the cable at the handbrake and pulled the lot through.

I am not sure what the difference is between disc brake h/b cables and drum brake h/b cables,if any,but a hunt through one of the online parts lists will tell you if the part has the same number.

TBO,if it were me,I would fit a pair of nice new cables anyway!
Cables are different at the hub end, so can't be interchanged.
There is a four inch threaded section attached to the frond end of the inner cables, and there's no way you can get that to pull through the outers!