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Mike Noc · 30th November 2020, 13:18

I'm with you on that Ray - interesting to see exactly why the compensator elongates. There is a bit of mechanical advantage in the handbrake of course, and maybe temperature change adds a bit of force during the time the handbrake is applied?

Funnily enough back in the day I bought a replacement front cable before this came to light, and when I removed the old one it was a tad shorter than the replacement.

30th November 2020, 13:18	#18
Mike Noc This is my second home Rover 75 CDT Manual Connoisseur SE, Rover 75 CDT Automatic Connoisseur SE & a Freelander Td4. Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Hampshire Posts: 11,550 Thanks: 3,470 Thanked 3,119 Times in 2,247 Posts	I'm with you on that Ray - interesting to see exactly why the compensator elongates. There is a bit of mechanical advantage in the handbrake of course, and maybe temperature change adds a bit of force during the time the handbrake is applied? Funnily enough back in the day I bought a replacement front cable before this came to light, and when I removed the old one it was a tad shorter than the replacement.