307 Handbrake cable

[RichardW]

Note to self - when you think a hand brake cable needs replacing because it's likely to freeze up, then replace the damn thing. Otherwise you find yourself in the drive at 7am and -4°C with your head torch on thawing out the cable with a hairdryer so you can go to work

So, best get it replaced I suppose, bit of a fag not having a handbrake all winter! Anyone done one? Doesn't appear too bad....

[jgra1]

sorry Richard you have all my sympathies

but..no not done one !
this winter is feeling tricky already and it's not even December yet !

john

edit. obvs don't use the handbrake overnight again for now

[RichardW]

New cable arrived ... it appears to have tubes a la the C5, but as they are under the car, I'm hoping the cable will come out the tube, not a la the C5!

[Mandrake]

Sorry to hear about the handbrake cable Richard - haven't heard of them freezing in cold weather before!

-4 degrees this morning at ours too but the car started like a champ as the battery was replaced only a year ago. I'm probably tempting fate a little though because I haven't done the infamous Xantia V6 starter helper relay mod yet!

[RichardW]

Job done; it's not that hard once you realise the joint between the cable and the tube is at the back of the fuel tank, not right under the car. Obviously this is only after you have drifted the end of the tube out of the car above the exhaust, and are then fighting with it wondering how the hell you are going to get the old cable out that appears to have gone really stiff!!