I've been fairly pleased with around 6 or 7 years service out of the last set of re manufactured calipers i fitted to my Cq but, one side handbrake is totally inoperative now and its getting hard to pull the other on well enough to hold the car.
It is the age old problem of rusting in the pivot where the handbrake lever rotates in the casting. rust, water, old grease, grit or whatever means that my up-rated return spring can no longer return it.
what are people doing to protect this area from the inevitable?
I had thought about a stiff waterproof grease that was safe on rubber and smear it in the gap around the seal but, i cant help thinking that this would be brilliant at keeping hold of grit and that finding its way to where it should be.
Ive got another set of calipers on the way but am looking to deal with the problem before i fit them
cheers!
It is the age old problem of rusting in the pivot where the handbrake lever rotates in the casting. rust, water, old grease, grit or whatever means that my up-rated return spring can no longer return it.
what are people doing to protect this area from the inevitable?
I had thought about a stiff waterproof grease that was safe on rubber and smear it in the gap around the seal but, i cant help thinking that this would be brilliant at keeping hold of grit and that finding its way to where it should be.
Ive got another set of calipers on the way but am looking to deal with the problem before i fit them
cheers!
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