Re: [T3] Hand brake lever installation

["Daniel Baum" <dbaum@isdn.net.il>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>Hi,

The problem is that the button is too wide to fit into the end hole of the
plastic grip. There are a couple of unknown factors here: I don't know
whether the old lever originally had the plastic grip and I don't know
whether my button is the original one from my old lever. I assume, based on
the info in Dave's message, that I have the wrong button. I don't know
whether I have the wrong rod too, or even if there are two (or more)
different types. The button screws easily onto the rod.

Jim, yes it is definitely a Type 3 part. The PN is 311 711 327. Yes it does
have the white point. My old lever is absolutely identical, but minus the
plastic grip. The grip ends diagonally, it is longer at the bottom than the
top, and it looks identical to those I have seen in pictures of the Type 34.
I assumed - apparently wrongly - that I would be able to transfer the rod
and button from one to the other.

In the mean time I am going to put the old one back. Removing it was not a
waste of time, as it allowed me to clean and grease everything as per
Bentley's instructions. Does anyone have the appropriate button and rod (if
necessary) for my new lever? It is the right one for the Type 34, I think,
and I would like to install it eventually.

regards,


Daniel Baum


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Campen" <dave@campen.eurobell.co.uk>
To: "type3" <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] Hand brake lever installation


> The handbrake with the grip has a longer button. The button should
probably
> unscrew from the rod, but I'd feel more comfortable taking the lever back
> out and swapping the rods over with the button still fitted. Rather than
> pull up on the lever and have the whole thing fall apart just when you
need
> it.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Baum" <dbaum@isdn.net.il>
> To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 9:31 AM
> Subject: [T3] Hand brake lever installation
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am installing a new handbrake lever in my 1969 Type 34. to replace the
> > rather messy one that the car came with.
> >
> > I followed Bentley and Haynes, and everything seemed pretty easy for a
> > change, when I came up against the usual unexpected problem. The button
> from
> > the old one won't fit the new one. They two levers are completely
> identical,
> > except that the new one has the plastic grip on the end. The old one
looks
> > like it had it once but lost it. Do I have to remove the grip to put the
> > button in, or do I have the wrong button?
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Daniel Baum
> >
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> >
> >
> >
>

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