17-06-2019, 06:24 PM
Hi All
I hadn't realised that not all handbrakes are the same length! I've merrily fitted a Beaulieu find to my uncoupled brake chassis and now I've started thinking about bodywork for the special realise it is too long and will collide with the chummy tank I propose to use and probably end up being behind the dash board.
So I want to shorten it but would like to keep the alloy (mazak??) handle. I also want to extend the gate gear change lever which also has an alloy ball handle. I could just cut a section out and weld the two bits together but I would prefer to remove the handles, adjust the length of the shafts, reshape the tops and refit.
Any idea how to remove the alloy handles? Is it brute force? or heat and brute force or some other more complex method?
Cheers
Howard
I hadn't realised that not all handbrakes are the same length! I've merrily fitted a Beaulieu find to my uncoupled brake chassis and now I've started thinking about bodywork for the special realise it is too long and will collide with the chummy tank I propose to use and probably end up being behind the dash board.
So I want to shorten it but would like to keep the alloy (mazak??) handle. I also want to extend the gate gear change lever which also has an alloy ball handle. I could just cut a section out and weld the two bits together but I would prefer to remove the handles, adjust the length of the shafts, reshape the tops and refit.
Any idea how to remove the alloy handles? Is it brute force? or heat and brute force or some other more complex method?
Cheers
Howard