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Have you adjusted the brakes themselves? Just did that on our '74 GT
and
it tightened the handbrake right up. Otherwise, no, I've not found a
successful method of shortening the cable. Put in one of those clamps once
- it lasted 5 min.
Bill
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> Miller, John wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know how to tighten the handbrake other than the adjustment
> > bolt? I've resorted to removing the spring from the bolt and
tightening the
> > nut all the way to the bitter end, and although it works much better
now, it
> > still rolls very slowly when parked on an incline. I've looked at the
> > cables and there doesn't seem to be any easy way to shorten them.
> >
> > John Miller
> > 76 MGB
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