j_radcliffe
Active Member
The handbrake on my 66 Rover 2000 do not work that well. I did improve them by fiddling about with the adjuster bolt. While doing this, I noticed that the retractor plate forks were broken. I have found something very similar on ebay, for and E type jaguar. Does anyone know if the are the same part, or should it fit and work even if it is different?
http://cgi.ebay.com/JAGUAR-DAIMLER-MARK ... 483eef92f4
I am some confused as the diagrams in my Rover workshop manual and the Rover parts manual show a different part here. The part in the Rover shop manual published in 1977 shows a part very similar to the above ebay listing. The parts manual states that this part was changed at one stage, and list a kit to convert earlier models to the floating articulated type of retraction plate. It seems that the Jag type is the older type.
Another tip for handbrakes. Do not discover that they handbrake does not work, by having your Rover roll down the sloping driveway into your daily driver. This happened to me, and I had to get hold of a new bumper the the Rover. The Hyundai that it ran into has now been retired to the scrappers yard!
Any tips on these handbrakes would be helpful.
James.
http://cgi.ebay.com/JAGUAR-DAIMLER-MARK ... 483eef92f4
I am some confused as the diagrams in my Rover workshop manual and the Rover parts manual show a different part here. The part in the Rover shop manual published in 1977 shows a part very similar to the above ebay listing. The parts manual states that this part was changed at one stage, and list a kit to convert earlier models to the floating articulated type of retraction plate. It seems that the Jag type is the older type.
Another tip for handbrakes. Do not discover that they handbrake does not work, by having your Rover roll down the sloping driveway into your daily driver. This happened to me, and I had to get hold of a new bumper the the Rover. The Hyundai that it ran into has now been retired to the scrappers yard!
Any tips on these handbrakes would be helpful.
James.