205 Hand Brake Cables.

[jr4070 0]

The positioning of the handbrake cable, are they suppose to hang quite low? Mine appear to hang lower than I can remember them doing on my brand new car...(It was in 87..!). There appears to be some kind of metal clamp that floats around on them. Should that be connected to something? The brakes work fine, it just, "looks broken" as my observant wife noticed..

[SamGTi 0]

The cables have small plastic tubes spaced along them which slide into the brackets on the underside of your car and keep the cable up in the right place. If you jack your car up or get it on ramps then it's pretty simple to work out what goes on under there. One or more of the plastic tubes has probably just worked its way loose causing the cable to hang down. It's a 2 minute job to refit them!

 

Hope this helps!

[Banjo 1]

The metal clamps you describe should be attatched to a bracket just bellow the caliper, and like Sams said plastic tubes that locate into the bottom of the fuel tank have prob popped out too.

Ben

[hengti 2]

the plastic clips (which are actually a moulded part of the petrol tank) are cack - the cables probably won't stay put for long

 

for a long term fix, you could drill holes (very carefully - use a hand drill) in the clips and secure the cables using zip ties - not too tight, as the cables still need to move

[SamGTi 0]

the plastic clips (which are actually a moulded part of the petrol tank) are cack - the cables probably won't stay put for long

 

for a long term fix, you could drill holes (very carefully - use a hand drill) in the clips and secure the cables using zip ties - not too tight, as the cables still need to move

 

Clever idea! Might try that!

[jr4070 0]

Thanks guys I'll have a look this weekend..