Handbrake compensator removal.

maintenanceman · 23rd July 2013, 21:47

Just taken my handbrake compensator out. Carefully read Harrys and Artics excellent articles and got started. What a pig of a job! I don't know if this makes any difference but leather memory seats seem to restrict access badly especially the non height adjustable passenger seat. Also had a long frustrating search for a deep reach 13 mm socket to wind back the adjuster nut; gave up looking and did it one flat at a time with spanner. Modification will be a quick 'foreigner' for lunch break tomorrow.

HarryM1BYT · 23rd July 2013, 22:23

Copper water pipe is just about strong enough to undo the nut, if you form it to shape first, over a 13mm nut.

Mike Noc · 23rd July 2013, 22:30

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Originally Posted by maintenanceman

Modification will be a quick 'foreigner' for lunch break tomorrow.

Have heard of foreigner a few times for a homer, but in a workshop I used to visit in Portsmouth, which had mainly ex mob engineers, they were known as rabbits. Never heard that anywhere else.

KWIL · 24th July 2013, 09:22

"Draper Expert range" do a deep 13mm socket. You ought to be able to find one of those.

23rd July 2013, 21:47	#1
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23rd July 2013, 22:23	#2
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24th July 2013, 09:22	#4
KWIL Precise Rover 75 Tourer 2.5KV6 Connoisseur SE Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Fleet Posts: 2,954 Thanks: 630 Thanked 617 Times in 480 Posts	"Draper Expert range" do a deep 13mm socket. You ought to be able to find one of those.