Handbrake cables!

Post Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:45 pm

how on earth do you remove these, i know it sits in the tube and its corroded/rusted on i cant even see where it joins or sits in,

ive tried scraping it an wd40 etc, hammer and punch, cutting it,

its stuck in their good, i have a dodgy fuel tank so cant use a blow torch or heat...

any ideas thanks

Post Tue Sep 18, 2012 5:57 am

Lots of WD40 and molegrips is how we did mine on both my cars

I have seen one where heat was the only way

Post Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:46 pm

Your main problem here is that if you get too brutal with the cable furrule,the cable tube is likely to come out as well.

If you have a leaky fuel tank,it's going to have to be swapped at some point,why not bite the bullet and do that as well,then you will be able to create room around the handbrake cable guide to enable heat to be used.

Post Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:24 pm

I am stuck on changing these right now so I am feeling your pain

Post Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:56 pm

Brutal application of the mole grips did it for me.

Post Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:54 pm

Fuel tank is okay it's just the seal around the pump releasing fumes,

But anyway I fucking did it! I left it last do trailing arms diff brake lines etc all off,

Then just cut it from the inside were it bolts mole gripped the plastic casing and wound it out the actual housing, then scored it where it joins the tube with a mini hacksaw which defo helped!

Got some needle mole gripsand shimmied it around popped out no force required!

Post Thu Sep 20, 2012 4:35 pm

bmw9818 wrote:Fuel tank is okay it's just the seal around the pump releasing fumes

You tight coont! That's a 50p rubber washer and ten minutes of your time to get that fixed

Post Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:32 pm

Grrrmachine wrote:
bmw9818 wrote:Fuel tank is okay it's just the seal around the pump releasing fumes
You tight coont! That's a 50p rubber washer and ten minutes of your time to get that fixed

lol i only fill it half way for now, will sort it later