Handbrake ratchet not ratcheting

kenbw2 · 2023-05-05 21:03:39

My handbrake has suddenly stopped clicking on and staying on. Pulling the lever engages the handbrake, but the handle just drops back down to the bottom again

I've found the part in the middle of the handbrake that engages with the teeth of the ratchet and is I push it down it stays in place.

I guess a spring must've snapped and isn't pulling that lever down onto the teeth

Anyone know more about the internals before I take mine apart?

AlvyLad · 2023-05-05 21:26:36

Something I did! tongue

It's very simple thingy, you have that aluminium stop knuckle that falls on its weight down to stop (if clean and if spring is off) mine was like it untill it stopped completely engaging. To put the spring back in to lower part hole is going to test your character. ANW long nosed pliers, bent screwdriver was needed to fit it in fully down position as it's behind the main clog.
Good luck!

kenbw2 · 2023-05-05 21:38:14

Ah nice! So your spring didn't snap, it just unclipped itself?

Did you have to remove the big central bolt that the handle pivots on do do that?

I see it comes as one part

Last edited by kenbw2 (2023-05-05 22:38:05)

AlvyLad · 2023-05-06 17:15:52

Don't be shy to post back
for entertainment purposes ?

kenbw2 · 2023-05-14 02:01:12

Not got round to sorting this yet. I actually had to do this for a pre-booked meet-and-greet dropping the van off at the airport lol

AlvyLad · 2023-05-14 17:50:21

kenbw2 wrote:

Not got round to sorting this yet. I actually had to do this for a pre-booked meet-and-greet dropping the van off at the airport
https://dispatchexpertscudo.org.uk/foru … 5_002.jpeg

lol
not blaming you!

feel guilty to have perhaps put you off it tongue

kenbw2 · 2023-05-14 23:16:12

I'll get around to it haha

But actually I can just flip the lever under the handle manually which makes it "good enough". So it might be a while before I care lol

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Handbrake ratchet not ratcheting

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