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GeoffWW · 13th February 2018, 09:53

It's not cr*p as you put it.

All the poor handbrake problems were due to the badly designed compensator, with the "U" link that opened up because of being welded on one side only, with hard lever application. I used a very small shackle from RS Components that cured the problem, without the need for welding.

Arctic's solution cured all that straight away after lots of owners had paid a small fortune to the parts people for new cables and shoes which were totally unnecessary. I still have the new cables I purchased about 7 years ago up in their box, in my loft.

With the handbrake correctly adjusted, both on the shoe adjusters and the handbrake cable correctly set, some owners have removed the "slack" to one notch. You can't get it better that.

13th February 2018, 09:53	#2
GeoffWW Loves to post Rover 75 CDTi Tourer Connoisseur SE Auto, Also fully restored Mk 2 1966 MG Midget Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Manchester Posts: 314 Thanks: 49 Thanked 59 Times in 46 Posts	It's not cr*p as you put it. All the poor handbrake problems were due to the badly designed compensator, with the "U" link that opened up because of being welded on one side only, with hard lever application. I used a very small shackle from RS Components that cured the problem, without the need for welding. Arctic's solution cured all that straight away after lots of owners had paid a small fortune to the parts people for new cables and shoes which were totally unnecessary. I still have the new cables I purchased about 7 years ago up in their box, in my loft. With the handbrake correctly adjusted, both on the shoe adjusters and the handbrake cable correctly set, some owners have removed the "slack" to one notch. You can't get it better that.