Hi all,
Had a frustrating week........
Ever had days where you just stand and look at it and get nothing done, well this week was my turn.
Recieved new rear handbrake cables this week so I thought a couple of hours one night should sort it.......WRONG!!!!
No matter where I routed them I couldn't get them to clear most things moving...LOL
I tried over, under and in front of the diff but I couldn't get the cable away from SB rails on full movent of the shock (without springs) in full compression.
I tried brackets of all sorts vice gripped to various parts of the chassis to no aveil. I then removed one of the clips on the cables to see if I could bend this to help. I placed it in the vice and tried to bend it into a different position thinking this might help.
Wrong again! clip wasn't having any of it as it started turning into odd shapes...
So I reluctantly put the clip back on before I ruined it.....Sigh!!!!! back to square one.
Two evenings and I acheived nothing.
Three evenings later I put the cable back in the calliper and routed the cable back over the diff again but this time it looked differnt.
When I put the clip back on I had put it on back to front (MX5's have a clip with a hole for fixing at 45 degrees to the cable) and all of a sudden it came together...
A simple bracket bolted to the bottom of the diff cage and it was sorted..LOL
Tony smiled as he said "Know where to weld the bracket on know"
Here's a photo of the offending item in place.
Here the you can see the clearance I've now got at ride height.
The cable now also clears the wishbone on full travel.
Both cables in place.
Just need to clip the cable to the diff brace and add some sleeving to avoid chaffing problems.
Hand brake fully installed (not finished yet though)
Johno