Removing Hand Brake Sleeve

[abu]

Hey

Just trying to remove the hand brake sleeve on my R32 and the thing just wont budge

Is there any special trick or method of removing these or are they just a general pain in the ass?

Have attached a picture of what I'm trying to do - section I'm trying to remove is marked in blue

Any help would be appreciate

[adam-__-]

You'll have to undo the stitching to get it out.

[abu]

bahaha best idea so far

[phat_man]

nah dont do that man you'll stuff it.

i had the same drama when i put my "drift button" in like 2 weeks ago.

get a thin flat head screw driver, and fit it in where the leather meets the metal part of the hand brake, push it in and wiggle it around so it loosens up the leather, do it all round it then pull it off with ur muscles.

btw make sure you pull out the litte black metal piece around the normal hand brake button.

look at ur hand brake an you'll get what i mean.

btw dont worry about it loosening to much, i put mine back on and its tight as.

cheers, issa.

edit* make sure its not just actual leather, its also the soft stuff under the leather that you gotta squeeze the flat head into. so basically inbetween the metal and what ever else there is.

Edited March 28, 2008 by phat_man

[abu]

haha I wouldn't have done that Issa, we were just messing around

Thanks for that, I was wondering if it was just the leather part that came off or the whole plastic thing at the back as well - thanks for confirming

Its similar to the s13 ones then, the whole leather and plastic come off together

Will give it another shot tomorrow

Thanks again

[phat_man]

lol yea i figured

it wont even come off if u did cut the stitching, its got rubber under it.

yea its just like the s13, get the screw driver to loosen it and break the seal on the metal then yank it out, then u'll see these pins that hold the spring in place, bend them out so they dont hold the spring anymore, then put the cover back on, then put the 'drift' button back on over the stock one.

anytime abu bakar, issa.

[abu]

Hahaha thanks Issa

Such a prick of a thing and I didn't want to wreck the leather by hacking at it

Hopefully it comes off without much effort - the rest is pretty straight forward

Just to clarify though, you don't take the spring out hey you just pull the tabs out so it doesn't engage anymore but leave the spring in there?

abu bakar is actually my given name

[phat_man]

Hahaha thanks Issa

Such a prick of a thing and I didn't want to wreck the leather by hacking at it

Hopefully it comes off without much effort - the rest is pretty straight forward

Just to clarify though, you don't take the spring out hey you just pull the tabs out so it doesn't engage anymore but leave the spring in there?

abu bakar is actually my given name

lol, i thought that would be it

really its just supposed to disengage the spring, in the perfect world it would be better to remove the spring as its no longer needed. but its a flamin mongrel to get out, so just disengage the spring by bending the lil studs out.

i was lost when i did it as we'll, it felt so shonky, it wasnt right.

all it is, not leting the handbrake lock. what usually does this is the lil spring, if you just do that, whats gona push the button back out and make it lock again, so you spend crazy amounts of money on something so small and simple, just so it has a knob so u can pull it out when u want the hand brake to lock.

out=locks

in should go up and down freely.

lol just explaing it so well (even though its so simple) so you dont think like i did when i got it, like how f**kin gay it is.

salem, issa.

[abu]

Thanks again Issa

I tried again today with no luck, shoved a screw driver in and tried to get it unstuck with no luck

I will give it another go tomorrow

[phat_man]

Thanks again Issa

I tried again today with no luck, shoved a screw driver in and tried to get it unstuck with no luck

I will give it another go tomorrow

its not easy, but remember to pull that little metal bit from inbetween the button and the sleeve 1st, then u can stick the screw driver in between, helps heaps if u have a thin one.

put it in and bend it up and down then put it in further and just keep doing it till the whole thing isnt stuck onto the lever.

goodluck, issa.

[p5yKoTik]

hey mate yeh theres a round bit of metal between the button and the handle

try using long nose pliers but it takes alot of effort to move but it will eventually

[cosmokram3r]

Abu did u end up doing this successfully? Im trying to hook my drift button up so if you got it done maybe i can get ya to help me with mine

[abu]

No go man, couldn't get the thing off so just gave up

Slapped the drift button on and bashed the shit out of it, works great

I just took out the metal sleeve around the leather casing

[cosmokram3r]

Really? lol.. Wanna bash mine in for me? Ill probably fck the screw or something knowing me =P

[allthewaytotheskyline]

i cut mine off.....came off easily dat way lol...my best friend razor blade.

[abu]

i cut mine off.....came off easily dat way lol...my best friend razor blade.

lol