[Healeys] Unexpected Outcome

Michael MacLean rrengineer.mike at att.net
Tue Jul 9 21:15:13 MDT 2019


My emergency brake that I had re-chromed so beautifully is just another job that does not turn out like you expect.  This brake lever I had re-chromed turned out to be for installation on the left side of the tunnel.  On a BN2 the emergency brake lever goes on the passenger side!   I though all I have to do is get a ratchet plate for the correct side and put it back together.  Not so.  (Thank you Michael Salter for listing the ratchet plate on Canadian Ebay)   A got a big dose of reality when I discovered it was not just the ratchet plate that makes this a left side lever.  The arm that is "keyed" to the lever shaft in the red line in the picture is where it should be for a right side of tunnel lever.  The actuating wire had to be bent in the opposite direction because the pawl was flipped over to the other side of the lever.  The arrows show the direction of the cable to apply the brake.  With a left side brake lever, it is relatively easy to connect the cable.  Now because of the brake lever pulling up in the opposite direction, the cable does not reach the arm.  The red line shows where the arm should be to reach the expensive emergency brake cable assembly.  Just can't win for losing.  Anyone have an emergency brake lever for the right side of the tunnel they want to sell?  
Mike MacLeanP.S. Disregard the picture I sent with no red marks on it.  That was supposed to come to me for making up.  Another senior moment I guess.
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