What handbrakecabel do you use with astra mk2 rear discbrake

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I got a friend that got the astra mk2 rearbrake convert.
He bought handbrakecable from astra mk2 gsi 16v and it dosn't fit.

What to use?

Suicide · Astra Legend Joined: 30 May 2005 Posts: 4790

It does fit.... just badly, it's what we all use here as there's yet to be a better solution

A763 ECD · Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 1:56 am Post subject:

Are we talking about the handbrake cable that has different lengths on each side?
If so i found a soloution to the problems i was having when fitting mine.
I had the problem that the cable on one side was too short and seemed to be making the handbrake drag slightly.

So i then bought another cable of the same type.
If i remember right one side has a grey outer and the other has a black one.
I think it was the grey ones i used as they were the longer side,i made a slot in the equaliser bar so as i could remove the shorter side, i then inserted the longer side from the new cable (so i now had equal length cables) and welded the slot shut and tidied it all up.

All seems to work fine now!