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removing handbrake cables
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 11:54 am
by asmith88
Have tried to get the cable out of my 318is but its completley seized into the pipe at the lever end.
I have tried wd40 and vice grips which where no use. The rubber seems to be ripping at the end of yhe pipe.
Any handy ways of doing this?
Cheers Andy u
Re: removing handbrake cables
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 12:08 pm
by daimlerman
Try a bit of heat,a heat gun is safest,bearing in mind the location of the fuel tank!
Re: removing handbrake cables
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 4:40 pm
by asmith88
will do, cheers
Re: removing handbrake cables
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:51 am
by BrewCity11
I've used a dremel to slit the metal pipe length wise to break the bond. Could give that a try too.
Re: removing handbrake cables
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:58 am
by asmith88
i was considering cutting the end of the pipe off, at the minute these are all ideas, until i can get it out of the snow.
Re: removing handbrake cables
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 10:33 am
by BrewCity11
Don't cut the end off, you need it to stay that length. Just slit it like I mentioned and It should give you the slack to yank the cable out. Use lots of grease when installing new ones.
Re: removing handbrake cables
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 10:40 am
by asmith88
il try each idea in turns, see how i get on