e-brake handle?..

[smithma7 at gmail.com (Mike Smith)]

"The other piece is about an inch and a half long, has a radius on one
side and a couple teeth on the other."

The piece Dan's refering to here is the "Ratchet mechanism" in this
picture: http://grum.com/temp/ebrakehandle.jpg

It's been a while since I've had to do mine.  IIRC, I pulled the
button out a bit, rotated the mechanism forward (towards front of car)
and then slowly push button back until the hook end lines up with the
rounded end of the mech.  Of course, this must be done with handle
pulled up off the geared piece, so the mech. can turn freely.  Once
you have it aligned with the hook, lower handle down to where the
bottom end of the mech grabs the geared piece.

That's how I always did it and once you've done it a couple times, it
only takes about 45 sec. to redo.  :)

On 11/16/06, Dan Bubb <jdbubb@verizon.net> wrote:
> There are two pieces internal to the e-brake handle (not including the button and the metal rod that extends from it). One part is fairly large with teeth on the front edge and has a hole that the e-brake pivot pin goes through. The other piece is about an inch and a half long, has a radius on one side and a couple teeth on the other. The radiused side mates with a curve in the metal rod attached to the button. This piece always magically flops over and prevents the button from being inserted. Pull the button out a little, rotate the piece back away from the button, push the button rod over it and rotate the piece into the curve of the button rod. Then hold everything in place while you reinstall the handle in the car.
> Well, that's how I remember it, so you may need to fill in a few blanks.
> Dan
>
> From: "Matt Muscavitz" <mattmusky@prodigy.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 3:18 PM
> Subject: e-brake handle?..
>
>
> hey guys, i made the mistake, i guess of removing the e-brake handle in my 88 roc, and the button is sprung and i cant get it to go back to normal, anyway to fix this? also, im looking for a header pipe to replace the stock manifold and downpipe, now that those "awsome" clamps are pretty much gone......
>
> thanx!
>
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