Three cables. One triangle thingy. Four hours.
This could take a while.
I've installed the handbrake - well, the handbrake itself (two bolts), the three cables, and the triangle that turns to activate the rear brakes when the handbrake is pulled. So far the cables go out into space, as now I have to install the rear suspension arms and uprights which include the calipers to attach this all to. At the moment, all I can achieve is to pull the handbrake, get the clicking noise and make two cables get shorter. Hold back the excitement.....
In my defense, it wasn't as simple as it first looked. I did have to get the dremel out and make a few holes a little bigger to allow the cable to thread properly through the chassis. And there was some scratching of heads trying to figure out how the pictures related to reality, plus a few missing pieces (nothing major, custom or tricky, just some split pins) to replace.
At the very least, it means I can now get the rear end moving - I can install the diff, the half-shafts, the rear suspension etc etc. It's all a progression that needed the handbrake installed, so it releases a whole series of activities that I can get on with. In project manager speak, the handbrake was a critical path item.
I'm planning on taking a few weeks off shortly to actually focus on the build, which should mean some better progress than I'm showing now. I must admit, the lack of time is starting to annoy me.
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3 comments:
I didn't get the dremmel out, nor did I make the holes in the chassis bigger!!! hope it works! did you look at the blue and yellow car next door before you started dremmeling???
any more thoughts on colour of guards?
Cheers, Kiwi
I did look, and again, and again, and there was no way that I could get that damn cable through the hole in any direction, even from below, without making the holes a little bigger. On the cable that threads back from the handbrake to the triangle, the part which sits inside the chassis frame would not go through from either side. The little e-clip needed to sit on the outside of the frame (as yours does), with the main part inside. I tried threading from both directions, and eventually just decided to make the holes bigger. Neither Frank nor I could see how it could work otherwise. I'd be interested in chatting with you next Sat aboout how you did it ;-)
I think your cable had an extra nobbly part on it from memory (different end, compared to mine). That probabily makes a difference. Still, as you say, I had about 4 hours of dicking around too... I'm also planning on taking a few days off work to get through it a bit quicker! (just waiting on the boss to get back from holidays and then pluck up the courage to ask for time off!?%#!)
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