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Handbrake ratchet claw - RupertW - 26-04-2022
Hello all, not quite sure of the correct terminology but I've lost the part of the handbrake lever that engages with the ratchet and holds in place. It appears to have sheared off the threaded end and presumably bounced off down the road somewhere.
Does anyone supply this part new? Googling hasn't turned up anything obvious but I'm not sure if I'm using the right term for it.
Many thanks!
RE: Handbrake ratchet claw - Jeff Taylor - 26-04-2022
I think it's called a pawl.
RE: Handbrake ratchet claw - Archivist - 26-04-2022
A way of completely eliminating any uncertainty over a specific part is to refer to the Parts Lists on the Archive web site. So, for example, one could say I need part BK74 on page 36 of Parts List 888a (if indeed, that is what you seek..)
http://archive.a7ca.org/wp-content/uploads/PL_888A.pdf
RE: Handbrake ratchet claw - JonE - 26-04-2022
so its like a big tooth enclosed with a shaped thin metal bit it slides in? Someone on ebay in ?Bexhill or E Sussex somewhere was doing the metal surrounds which split in the corners.
RE: Handbrake ratchet claw - Ruairidh Dunford - 26-04-2022
Handbrake pawls were available from John Barlow and also David Cochrane, I think.
There are two sizes.
RE: Handbrake ratchet claw - Steve Jones - 26-04-2022
Not difficult to make as long as you have a suitable piece of metal.
Steve
RE: Handbrake ratchet claw - David Cochrane - 26-04-2022
I had a few from JB some years ago, but he hasn't had them for at least 6 years. I think the earlier cars had smaller pawls than the later cars. According to the Lists of Spare Parts there were 3 types:
BK6 to 670A, May 1929,
BK41 670B, Nov 1929 to 670F, June 1931,
BK74 from 670F, June 1931.
RE: Handbrake ratchet claw - RupertW - 26-04-2022
Many thanks all for the replies - it's a 1924 car that it's for but looks like I might be able to copy the one off my chummy if I can't track down one ready to go.
I noted the pawl housing on eBay, and mine is damaged which I assume caused it to fail in the first place, but I think mine should be repairable all being well
RE: Handbrake ratchet claw - Tony Press - 27-04-2022
And there are two different threads in the Pawl.
RE: Handbrake ratchet claw - Tony Griffiths - 27-04-2022
Here's a pawl at the end of its life (but note the extra-strong - home-made I believe - surrounding metal).