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[Healeys] Non Healey Healey question - custom brake cable

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Subject: [Healeys] Non Healey Healey question - custom brake cable
From: "Alan Seigrist" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 08:08:30 +0800
Hi All -

I just took the A90 to pass its safety inspection here in HK and it
was failed by the inspector, eventhough he really wanted to pass the
car for me.  :(

One of the things I need to fix is there is too much slack in the
brake cable that connects between two balance levers on the A90's
chassis.  This cable is very simple - it has a fork on each end (very
similar to a healey brake cable fork) and a cable of about 1 ft in
length between.  The problem with this cable is there is no adjustor
on it so I can't take up slack when the hand brake is off.  FYI this
cable is NOS so the problem can't be fixed simply by replacing it with
a new one.

Does anyone know a brake cable manufacturer that can put in an
adjustor (I would assume something very similar to a sail boat rigging
adjustor) on my cable, or just make a cable with forks from scratch
about half an inch shorter?  I know that there are these crimp
adjustors that people use on Austin 7s, but that type of adjustor will
fail the test here.

Any ideas out there in Healey land?

Thanks in advance.

Alan

'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8
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