Ainsley Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 I've bought a nice aluminium handbrake handle (at great expense) to replace the horrible plastic one. How do I get the offending item off ? I've read somewhere that you can just use some mole grips and abuse it by twisting it. Well I tired that, all that happened was I stressed the whole handbrake in the chassis. The offending plastic bit didn't budge. Do I keep trying, or shall I resort to cutting it off with my angle grinder ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrb00ns Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 It should just come off if you tug hard enough ðŸ¤Â if not then some mole grips should do the job. Angle grinder sounds extreme.  Fitting the new one is the real bugger. There is a lip on the underside of the lever that you need to grind down to get the new cover on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainsley Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 Oh, bugger.  I may just take the lever out then and sort it while its stuck in my bench vice. If I need to abuse it more with Mole Grips and then grind a lip off it, well better out of the car than trying to do that in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris SSR400 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 From my experience, it's all in the twist when gripping it. I can confirm it certainly takes some tugging to get it off. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigCol Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 This thread is an innuendo lover’s paradise! I removed my original handbrake as suggested above - twisting and pulling…. also as above, file/grind the lump at the bottom of the handbrake before fitting your ali one. Otherwise, it’ll be a bitch to get off when you decide to go carbon instead (ask me how I know…) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22daz Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Mine had been copiously glued on and no amount of twisting was removing it. I ended up carefully cutting it off with a Stanley knife and peeling it away. I believe the notch on the metal handbrake lever you’re left with requires filing slightly to get the new one on. It’s a while since I did mine! 22daz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlastairA Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 A heat gun, or good hairdryer will warm up the glue between the handle and metal work - then wrap in a cloth and apply mole-grips. One good twist and off it comes! Linky-link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainsley Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 I took the whole thing out of the car, clamped it in a vice and mullered it like a caveman. Once it started to twist I twatted it off with a hammer. Then filed the weld lump down and slotted on the nice new "upgrade". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Hutton Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 My experience was similar but with some added bleeding knuckles and a whole bunch of grinding dust from the stemmed to clean out of the cockpit. Brilliant little upgrade though, gives you a few hours in the garage without interruption 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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