FAO - People with rear disc conversions

[bad_boy_nova]

What handbrake cable did you use?

[david dixon]

Id ont have one but I'm sure you use the front nova part and the rear astra part.

[rgv_stu]

a cav short cable 750mm long and a nova cable

with an m8 extention bar of a few inches

[bad_boy_nova]

So what are you saying exactly? Use the nova part of the cable that joins to the handbrake lever and a 750mm cav bit that comes off it to one of the discs? Whats the m8 extension bar for?

[rgv_stu]

the nova short side is too long
the cav one is slightly too short
so the m8 bar is used to extend it

[bad_boy_nova]

Nice one mate, i will have a go at that this weekend

[Davy!!]

i didnt need to shorten or lengthen my bracket, but others i have done needed either shortened or lengthened. i used the shortest cavvy cable with the nova one, and worked good!!

just yer donald duck i think!!

[bad_boy_nova]

Ive been into a shop today and i asked for the long part of a nova cable and the short part of a cavalier cable, but they said i need to know the engine size and year of both cars because all nova cables are different and all cavalier cables are different. Was he talking sh*t? Should i go to another shop? Or is there 2 exact specific cables that i need? Cheers

[bad_boy_nova]

???

[Ste_Nova]

they are only slighty different.. so just get the longer 2

[m.d.]

i was gunna ask this too. also its the top too holes you have to re drill isnt it. or am i wrong.

[rgv_stu]

have to redrill all 4

the cav short cable 750mm long
nova long cable

[joff-turbo-nova]

I used a full kit from a mk2 Cavailer 1.6 1987 - the cable was too long at the handbrake end - so I cut off and brazed the nipple on further down the cable to get the right length - a bit extreme but it works!

Joff