Had exactly the same problem on my 75 V8 a while ago on a car I had owned
for several years and done about 60k in. No work on the car to precipitate
it, it just happened. As a quick fix I backed off the adjuster a couple of
notches, later I dismantled the shoes and levers, could see no problems,
checked the orientation, put them back, adjusted them as normal and no more
problems. A broken cable shouldn't precipitate this, the springs should
pull the shoes right back and push the pistons into the slave cylinders, the
levers should just flap free. You do not remove the cable from the abutment
device, you have to remove the seat that side and undo a nut which releases
said abutment device from the tunnel.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Betti Ann & Preston Smith" <prsmith@ns.sympatico.ca>
To: "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 6:29 PM
Subject: MGB Hand Brake Questions
> Shoved it into reverse and clunk! Could move forward but not in
> reverse. Hmmmm!!! Sounds like a rear wheel problem. Check the rear
> wheels and the parking brake cable was broken on the driver's side. So I
> assumed that without some minor tension on the cable, the parking brake
> levers in the backing plates sort of come 'loose' and cause the brake
shoes
> to 'lock up' when moving in reverse. Is this a valid assumption????
>
> ... At the front of the tunnel the
> outer cable sheath enters some sort of abutment devise to hold it in place
> and the inner cable continues to the attachment on the brake lever. My
> question is - how do I remove the cable sheath from the abutment device?
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