[Healeys] reproduction hand brake stuff bitches

[Wilko2]

Phillips head?

No. That's a problem right there. Most of the original screws on british cars
are Posidrive, not phillips.

Posidrive are quite different in a number of ways including head shapes
(flatter countersunk heads) and markings.



On Jul 19, 2014, at 10:10 AM, John Vrugtman wrote:

> Always something with replacement parts. I spaced out the handle slightly
with a washer and used the door hinge screws.  On my other car the original
screws were slot head countersunk screws.
> John
> 64/66
>
> On 7/19/2014 11:59 AM, goldengt at cal.net wrote:
>> 1-I put a new hand brake cable on the BJ8 this week. The minor drama there
is that the captive nut is 11/16 across the wrench flats. The original is 9/16
(thin). One can't swing the big 11/16 wrench in the tunnel without hitting the
drive shaft. My tool box was empty with distributor wrenches, crows feet,
multiple extensions, metric wrenches, you name it. I was not going to take the
drive shaft off. Its done, but I don't know how I did it.
>>
>> 2-The hand brake plate is held with two large Phillips head countersunk
screws. These screws have a special reduced head height so the brake handle
doesn't interfere with the heads. The nameless Healey suppliers list the
screws in the catalogs, but they are nothing more than standard stuff you can
get in the hardware store. These screws must have the heads ground down. When
the heads are ground down there is nothing left of the Phillips cross for the
screw driver to grab onto. The screws are too soft and round out. Black oxide
screws with Allen hex's are much better. The heads seem to be shorter and
don't require as much grinding. After the grinding there is still enough hex
to enable tightening the screw.
>> I wonder why the cable broke in the first place, probably when I had a ham
fisted guy weld the bracket back to the frame, he heated up the strands?? The
crimping was still in place.
>> Ken Freese
>> 65 BJ8
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