dandd

Active Member

• Apr 23, 2017

• #1

Not Landy related but bloody annoying me.
I've got an old pug 305 Diesel estate. It needs new hand brake cables. That's where my problem starts!

No body really makes them any more, but have been given two part numbers for the correct cables and checked it with the relevant manufactures online and managed to find a few on eBay new old stock lingering on the shelves.

The thing is both first line and Quinton hazel spec them to be correct to fit my vehicle, but firstline cables measure 1670mm and Quinton hazel cables measure 1635mm.

Can anyone fathom that out?
Cheers

 

wammers

No longer with us, RIP

Donater

• Apr 23, 2017

• #2

dandd said:

Not Landy related but bloody annoying me.
I've got an old pug 305 Diesel estate. It needs new hand brake cables. That's where my problem starts!

No body really makes them any more, but have been given two part numbers for the correct cables and checked it with the relevant manufactures online and managed to find a few on eBay new old stock lingering on the shelves.

The thing is both first line and Quinton hazel spec them to be correct to fit my vehicle, but firstline cables measure 1670mm and Quinton hazel cables measure 1635mm.

Can anyone fathom that out?
Cheers

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Obviously the Quinton Hazell ones are for cars that have been rear ended and are 35 mm shorter.

 

dandd

Active Member

• Apr 23, 2017

• #3

Apart from that

 

Tony e

Well-Known Member

• Apr 23, 2017

• #4

May be routed different. Get under there with a tap measure or take old ones off and measure. Simples

 

Paul D

Old, nackered 'n broke, but the Landy is fine . :)

Events Planner

• Apr 23, 2017

• #5

What @Tony e said ...

I'd also reckon it depends where they're measured from. So long as the ends and fitments fit, and the bridle lengths (If it has a bridle arrangement) are the same just route them differently or allow a larger/smaller loop of the main cable.

 

dandd

Active Member

• Apr 23, 2017

• #6

Cheers guys, yeah the route of them sounds like an obvious one cheers. But because both list as suitable I was expecting the route to be exactly the same.

I was thinking that possibly one has measured purely the cable whilst the other has included the fitting in its total and therefore that 35mm bigger.

I have gone with the longer in any case and if needed to hopefully they could be worked to shorten.

Fingers crossed they do the job.

 

doodle bug

Well-Known Member

• Apr 23, 2017

• #7

Stop whinging man and just get on with the job !!!! ....bloody great girlie thing

 

dandd

Active Member

• Apr 23, 2017

• #8

Yep....that's a fair one