ahebron Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 I found my new transverse handbrake cable today and after making the L brackets and square nuts for the fork cable ends out of some SS angle fitted the cable and its bits. Unfortunatley I cannot locate in my parts any of the handbrake return springs that go between the L bracket and the brake backing plate. Can someone please have a look in their parts boxes and give me the physical specs, ie length, diameter and wire diameter. I think wire dia. is less than 3.5mm as that was the size of the hole in the old L bracket I found. I will try buy some locally but need the above specs. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 canley stock them £1.49 131806 but they are a long way away from you but a call might get one measured im sure someone will have some knocking around (Wheres Colin when you need him ? Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 27 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said: (Wheres Colin when you need him ? Pete Out in the garage trying to find handbrake return springs. You wouldn't believe the things I did find... all Triumph-related too before you get any wild ideas! Why do I have seven master cylinder repair kits? I did manage to find the springs plus two complete unopened kits bought some years ago at the International, so have photographed them. This skinny one is taken from a 948, it measures 7cm end to end with 14 coils. These were sold to me a few years ago from a major supplier, but the two on the right look suspiciously like headlamp-adjusting springs... however the chunky one is the proper thing, measuring 6.5 cm. This is confirmed by the shiny ones from the newly-opened kit; both kits from Chic Doig and an exact match for the original in the middle photo. 21 coils. Let me know if you need anything more, it was an interesting few minutes sorting through those boxes and I'll be out later finding more forgotten goodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Clark Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 Haha! Colin just beat me to it. I've got a pair of new handbrake return springs ready to fit to my Spitfire Mk3, part no.131806. They measure up as follows: - Spring length 38mm - Coil Diameter 14.6mm - Wire diameter 2.2mm - 20 coils. Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 Yep, found some of those too! Quite a difference in length with the new unused one, though. The heavier ones give a lot more 'feel' at the lever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahebron Posted April 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 Thanks guys great work. Funnily enough I have a full brake overhaul kit in the post from Canleys to do all the pistons and seals but I didnt think about the handbrake springs. Those dimensions give me a better chance of finding something locally or in my dads spring box which I might get him to leave out for me, social distancing being observed! You are right about it being amazing what you find when you go looking for stuff. Last week as you know I found some brake calipers I didnt know I had, I keep seeing unused shock absorbers in one bin I didnt realise I had. Somewhere I have a brand new naked head for the Vitesse 6 ewhich shouldn't be that hard to find.☺️ And when I do I should spray it with Corrosion Block wax But can I find brake springs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahebron Posted April 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 Today was work in side the car for the first time in a long while so I started cleaning the accelerator pedal and floor mount in the sand blaster and an etch prime then but it was onto the handbrake Back to parts dept to find a reasonable lever. Find one and place it in the car and something was wrong so I sorted it with the same length of stainless angle used on the transverse handbrake cable. The finished item has a flat washer under thspring and I have hit the pivot with a red spay can to tidy it up a bit. Then it was time to find a half decent fork and once again make a square nut to fit inside. Popped the handbrake lever in to the sandblaster to give it a clean before paint but before I did that I removed the knob and spring and thought I will modify this, I have no idea if it will work but I like it And all that work took the best part of the day, I have no idea where the time goes but every bit done is one step closer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 21 hours ago, ahebron said: But can I find brake springs! This morning - when it warms up a bit - I need to find a replacement headlamp column stalk. I guarantee I'll find all sorts of other things that I had forgotten in the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahebron Posted April 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 It was so cold this morning I had to put socks on for the first time this year, apart from when I work. As the day warmed up I removed the socks as I didnt want to take the mickey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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