E Brake Handle Mounting
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From: Birmingham AL
E Brake Handle Mounting
I need some ideas for remounting my e brake handle in my '89. The assembly has two bolts that each thread into a nut that is welded inside the frame. When I bought this car, the front nut was missing and there is a somewhat square hole where the front nut should be. It is probably inside the frame somewhere. I'm not really willing to cut the frame apart to fix this. I rigged a carriage bolt with the head inside the frame, but it is now coming loose. I am thinking that the only real fix will be to weld a stud onto the frame. This is just an annoying issue. I wonder how in the world it was ever broken. Any creative ideas?
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you need to elongate the hole, slide a bolt with a washer through the hole at an angle, use a speed nut to hold the bolt on the frame (kinda like the ones that hold the discs on when the car rolls down the assembly line)
add handle, and then nut and a star lockwasher not a slotted kind of lock washer
OR
you can do the elongated hole with bolt, elongate the hole in the washer, align the elobated holes 180 degrees apart, get a piece of sheetmetal/tin, drill a hole in it, thread that on the bolt, put a line of "white out" liquid paper or paint or a marker line on the end of the bolt for orientation, then go as normal
Or (last resort) drill the hole in the car bigger, add a lag bolt or expanding nut of some sort
add handle, and then nut and a star lockwasher not a slotted kind of lock washer
OR
you can do the elongated hole with bolt, elongate the hole in the washer, align the elobated holes 180 degrees apart, get a piece of sheetmetal/tin, drill a hole in it, thread that on the bolt, put a line of "white out" liquid paper or paint or a marker line on the end of the bolt for orientation, then go as normal
Or (last resort) drill the hole in the car bigger, add a lag bolt or expanding nut of some sort
Last edited by coupeguy2001; Dec 16, 2006 at 01:19 AM.
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From: Birmingham AL
Thanks for the reply. What I did was something like your first idea. It has started coming a bit loose. With all of the stress on that bolt during use, I'm not sure that anything will last like a good weld. I just hate to pull the carpet and computer to do it. Plus I'll have to find or rent a welder.
