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dan16v
06-04-07, 05:47 PM
right was trying to fit my hand brake cables today but with no joy? i was using a new nova long cable (black rubber part was longer than the one that came off??), and a mk2 cav short, which is too short by a fair way to reach the drivers side lug! any one had any luck with other cables?!!:roll:
dan16v
06-04-07, 05:54 PM
atm i have the nova long going to the pass side wheel! is this right also!
rc
06-04-07, 06:09 PM
i used mk3 astra rear discs on mine, and the mk3 astra and handbrake brake cable, and modded my nova handbrake handle!
Paul
06-04-07, 06:43 PM
dan as soon as you discover correct set up, please tell me because no-one seems to have come up with a definitive answer yet.
rc
06-04-07, 06:53 PM
i'll be takin mine all off this weekend so i'll post some pics up of it!
dan16v
06-04-07, 06:58 PM
well just been playing again, im going to have to lengthen the thread bar on the mk2 cav cable! having abit of trouble with the nova cable aswell due to the exhaust! is this how the metal connector sits, on top of the beam?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v211/dan16v/2007_04060001.jpg
rc
06-04-07, 06:59 PM
i'll show u mine soon, wont have any of those probs ;)
dan16v
07-04-07, 02:33 PM
120mm of thread bar has cured it lol
rc
13-04-07, 10:19 PM
just to show you my way of doin it with the mk3 astra gsi cables!

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r281/ronniecourt/IMG_5718.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r281/ronniecourt/IMG_5723.jpg

welded all the tabs off the astra beam onto the nova one

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r281/ronniecourt/IMG_5719.jpg

and made up a bracket for the other end of the cables, and welded a threaded bar to the handbrake lever for adjustment

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r281/ronniecourt/IMG_5716.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r281/ronniecourt/IMG_5721.jpg

just two large nuts with a slice out of them, 8mm bolts through the floor!

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r281/ronniecourt/IMG_5722.jpg

well that was the way i did mine any way :D
Paul
14-04-07, 07:43 PM
cheers mate, thanks very much. as far as i know that the only guide showing how to actually do it.