Handbrake trouble

[Cloggy Saint]

Went to engage the handbrake today and it snapped in half! wtf, has anyone else had this happen??

[Brianmoooore]

Other half has manged two over the years, countless front lip fixing clips, plus various other parts that AFAIK, no one else has ever broken.
I've watched her put the handbrake on, and she pulls it up far too hard, at a sideways angle of about thirty degrees, and without holding the button in - the latter being laziness that really annoys me.

[Topblag]

Is that the lever or cable ?

[Cloggy Saint]

The lever. I guess almost 30 years of being pulled will take it's toll eventually (no masturbatory joke required).

[Simon13]

the trick is to twist motion down the shaft or up

[DanThe]

ive had a couple with bent levers, the trick is to adjust the shoes correctly rather than shorten the cables

[aimlessrock]

Other half has manged two over the years, countless front lip fixing clips, plus various other parts that AFAIK, no one else has ever broken.
I've watched her put the handbrake on, and she pulls it up far too hard, at a sideways angle of about thirty degrees, and without holding the button in - the latter being laziness that really annoys me.

Brian, you other half sounds like she learnt from the same teacher as mine!..every car I have bought her over the years she has managed to break in the most spectacular way. I don't even let her sit in the front of my E30..