The previous owner of my ‘96 Cobra disconnected the parking brake cables and when I messaged him to ask why, he said he thought they could be hanging up, but that I might reconnect them and see.
So I had a tech at the shop I work at reconnect them real quick during a tire balance, but the cables hang so loosely now that they rub the driveshaft unless I keep the handle extended all the way up, and even then they have no tension whatsoever.
I’m not familiar with how these work in the lever as I’ve never taken one apart before, so I’m just trying to find some info before I do. I read somewhere that if the cables are disconnected, then the handle/lever assembly has to come out and be manually rewound, which sounds rough.
Unrelated to those issues, the brake handle button has lost most of its tension so its spring rattles around like crazy to where basically if I’m not shifting, my thumb stays pressed on the button at all times just so it’s not obnoxious and it’s getting old lol. The button had this problem all through high school over a decade ago the first time I owned it and it’s only gotten worse. I doubt there’s a way to disassemble the handle and replace whatever is wore out in it, so does it seem like a practical decision to just replace the whole lever assembly with a salvage one that hopefully is in better shape than mine?
So I had a tech at the shop I work at reconnect them real quick during a tire balance, but the cables hang so loosely now that they rub the driveshaft unless I keep the handle extended all the way up, and even then they have no tension whatsoever.
I’m not familiar with how these work in the lever as I’ve never taken one apart before, so I’m just trying to find some info before I do. I read somewhere that if the cables are disconnected, then the handle/lever assembly has to come out and be manually rewound, which sounds rough.
Unrelated to those issues, the brake handle button has lost most of its tension so its spring rattles around like crazy to where basically if I’m not shifting, my thumb stays pressed on the button at all times just so it’s not obnoxious and it’s getting old lol. The button had this problem all through high school over a decade ago the first time I owned it and it’s only gotten worse. I doubt there’s a way to disassemble the handle and replace whatever is wore out in it, so does it seem like a practical decision to just replace the whole lever assembly with a salvage one that hopefully is in better shape than mine?