[Spridgets] Handbrake Redux

[tinydog at snet.net]

 tinydog asked:

What's the condition of your rear brakes?
 -------------- Original message from "cclabaw at juno.com" <cclabaw at juno.com>: --------------


> Listers -
> 
> I will explain what I did to attain 'adjustability' with the handbrake on my
> '67 Sprite (of dubious parentage).
> 
> First, I replaced the lever assembly with a used unit 'cuz the old one was
> frozen solid.  I replaced the cable with a new unit from Moss.
> 
> I then discovered that I had to use all of the adjustment to get any brake at
> all.
> 
> I examined the whole setup and figured that the replacement cable units may be
> longer than the stock part; it doesn't take much to use up the adjustment.
> More importantly, the cross links seem to be longer than they are supposed to
> be.  When I disconnected the cable and turned the bellcrank with pliers, I
> could hardly get enough pull to set the brakes.  I figured that the holes in
> the rods, bellcrank and brake levers are worn and the slack was killing me.
> 
> To make adjustable replacement rods: