I have rear trailing arms to convert my e30 to discs. However just noticed that the handbrake ducting has been cut straight through.
Now looking from the outside it looks like I cannot get a spanner or anything onto the end to unscrew the cut pipe.
CAN ANYONE HELP ME??
Idiot cut my handbrake cables!!
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Demlotcrew
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It should just come off, its not held in with anything.
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calder
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agree, in theory it should come off if you pull hard enough.
You may have to dismantle the handbrake shoe mechanism that pushes out the shoes inside the disc to then remove a small bracket that the cable passes through and then hammer it out from the other side - the disc side. This is because its probably stuck solid.
This bracket is a pita because you can only remove it by undoing the 14mm (socket size) bolts with a 1/4" drive short socket - anything with a bigger drive wont fit as its too deep and i couldn't spanner it cos of access.
You may have to dismantle the handbrake shoe mechanism that pushes out the shoes inside the disc to then remove a small bracket that the cable passes through and then hammer it out from the other side - the disc side. This is because its probably stuck solid.
This bracket is a pita because you can only remove it by undoing the 14mm (socket size) bolts with a 1/4" drive short socket - anything with a bigger drive wont fit as its too deep and i couldn't spanner it cos of access.