I decided that it was about time a replaced the LH side hand brake/parking brake cable, as it was sticking on a bit, and wasn't really putting the brake on either.
It's not too bad a job, once the wheel, the caliper, caliper bracket, and rotor are removed.
The parking brake cable can be removed from the shoe spreader without pulling the shoes off, which is bonus.
I used a cheap aftermarket cable, which I'm sure will be fine.
There wasn't much difference in design, but I did transfer the soft buffer over to the new cable, as I felt the rubber buffer supplied on the cable was too small, and a bit hard, especially as this buffer stops the cable from vibrating the heat shield.
The damaged section of the cable is obvious in this image.
There's the buffer moved over, I used zip ties to hold it in place.
It didn't take long to remove the old cable, or fit the new one, but releasing and the tightening the compensator below the centre console coin tray took ages, as there's very little room to turn the spanner. The FL1 compensator is much easier to adjust, by comparison to the FL2 one.
Here's the cable back in its correct location, with the bracket bolted back in place.
Very annoyingly I also discovered the LH rear shock has decided to spew out its oil, which would explain the wallowing ride at the rear.
With the MOT due on the 14th of Feb, it looks like I'll be replacing the rear shocks next weekend.
It's not too bad a job, once the wheel, the caliper, caliper bracket, and rotor are removed.
The parking brake cable can be removed from the shoe spreader without pulling the shoes off, which is bonus.
I used a cheap aftermarket cable, which I'm sure will be fine.
There wasn't much difference in design, but I did transfer the soft buffer over to the new cable, as I felt the rubber buffer supplied on the cable was too small, and a bit hard, especially as this buffer stops the cable from vibrating the heat shield.
The damaged section of the cable is obvious in this image.
There's the buffer moved over, I used zip ties to hold it in place.
It didn't take long to remove the old cable, or fit the new one, but releasing and the tightening the compensator below the centre console coin tray took ages, as there's very little room to turn the spanner. The FL1 compensator is much easier to adjust, by comparison to the FL2 one.
Here's the cable back in its correct location, with the bracket bolted back in place.
Very annoyingly I also discovered the LH rear shock has decided to spew out its oil, which would explain the wallowing ride at the rear.
With the MOT due on the 14th of Feb, it looks like I'll be replacing the rear shocks next weekend.
