Changing Handbrake

[stenve]

Has anyone changed a handbrake on a R33 before?

ive had a search and nothing, one other thread asking about it but no one seemed to know. so i thought id try again

Basically car came with a stupid drift button thing, so i want to take out the existing handbrake and put in the new standard one i have.

however i am pretty sure the cable needs to be taken completly out then reinserted through the new handbrake.

Is there a splitter box near the rear wheels where i can detach it? or does it have to come off at the hubs?

anything i should need to know before i go trying to pull it out tomorrow?

Cheers

Edited March 24, 2009 by stenve

[lachlanw]

the end of the cable is threaded to take a 10 mill nut isnt it?? and that is also the adjuster . so if you wind the nut right off the cable will come out of the hand brake lever . ?????? thats what i remember

[stenve]

i'll have to check it out... cant remember

you are talking about the actual handbrake end at the lever yeah?

we'll see tomorrow i guess

haha

[SLY-25T]

yeah as far as i can remember there is a 10mm nut and bolt setup on the actual handbrake lever under the centre console. had to tighten mine a while ago. i guess its just like lachlan said, you should be able to undo it all the way and it comes off. cant remember 100% though. GL

[stenve]

yeah that 10mm nut will undo and you can adjust tension, but the bolt is too large to slide out the end of the handbrake lever.

so the car is now up on stands and ive found the splitter where it goes out to the two wheels, got to get that undone now

[stenve]

so yesterday i found that the splitter under the car is a no go.

what you need to do is at the bottom of the handbrake lever where the cable goes in... you need to bash out the end with a punch so the cable and all will come out.

then you put the new handbrake in and press the end assembly back in.

If that makes sense.

Thats the only way i could figure out how to do it, its f**king hard to get out though.

all that just to change a handbrake