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So I have to replace my hand brake unit soon and I have it plus the 40cm of cable trailing on it, but am unsure of how to install. Any tips on this?

And importantly, can I install this purely through the cabin, or do I need to jack up the car and get under it?

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Wut? Your car has no handbrake in it at the moment and your just going to hook up the lever without checking the rest of it over?

Being that its brakes (I know handbrake is nowhere near as vital as normal brakes) I'd be checking every inch of it if it hasnt been working/used in ages. Wouldnt want something to fail and watch your car roll away....... Well I know I wouldnt.

Just Jack it up, its not that much effort for piece of mind. If it were me I'd pull the back wheels off and adjust the brake shoes as well

The car does have a handbrake. Its modified to be a spin turn type for drift but I don't drift anymore and am replacing it with a wrecker item so it works like standard again.

Looks like I'll be jacking the car up then. I was hoping I could get away with not having to; its a PITA.

Not as much of a pain in the ass as having your car roll away when you park it on a hill and your handbrake fails. I know it sounds like I'm thinking 'worst case scenario' but these things do happen, and if it does your not going to think it was a pain in the ass to jack the car up then. For the sake of an hours looking over everything, its worth it in the long run

As a postscript to this I checked under the car and the connection I need to get at is directly above the tailshaft and I'm not sure how I can unhook it (its a pressed metal connection, not bolts) so I might just get my mechanic to deal with it

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