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Has anyone replaced their emergency brake handle? I am replacing mine and was looking for any information on how, can it be changed from inside the car or do I have to remove the tunnel cover under the car that covers the shifter assembly? Any tips on the process?
It's a fairly simple process to disconnect the whole system.
Once you remove the center console/shift ****/boot/etc., pull off the thin clamp covering the e-brake cables at the top of the "U" (you will see what I'm talking about once you get the console off). After removing that, pull the hex-keyed cables forward out of the female slots, and the cables will unwrap from the "U." Once the cables are off, I believe it is four 10mm nuts to remove the whole handle. I don't recall exactly how to remove the handle from its base, but I do seem to remember it's pretty simple.
How hard is this? I just ordered a replacement lever because mine is dirty and scuffed. Would love to do it myself but don't want to do so if it's going to turn in to a s**t show. Could just have my indy do it at the next oil change.
Had my Indy replace mine with a Stainless Porsche Techquipment one I had purchased. UNFORTUNATELY the copper tab at the end of the E Brake handle was bent and my Indy had to order a new one in and retrofit otherwise the brake light was triggered on the dash. It took him awhile .......
How hard is this? I just ordered a replacement lever because mine is dirty and scuffed. Would love to do it myself but don't want to do so if it's going to turn in to a s**t show. Could just have my indy do it at the next oil change.
I am in the process of replacing my standard handbrake lever with a Tequipment one in my 1995 993 C2.
I followed the DIY mentioned in post #5 : http://p-car.com/diy/handbrake/
How to change the hand brake in case you want to install an aluminum/carbon or aluminum leather hand brake lever
To take out the basket #10 (picture of Console) :
Remove the rubber piece #11 out of the basket on the end of the console. Done Remove screw #19 from the basket until you can take out #10 To remove cover#9 Done Remove 3 screws #19 : 2 are one the back of the cover plate #9, one site under the hand brake lever. Lift up the cover and slide it forward, over the hand brake lever. Done
To remove the hand brake lever: (See attached picture of hand brake)
Remove clips #22 with the tip of a flat screwdriver. Done (although my clip was on the driver side, not the passenger side as described in the picture above) Slide out pin #21 => This is where I am stuck. Loosen nut #26 (key =13mm) , there is a counter nut (M8, key = 13mm) not shown on this drawing that needs to be removed as well. Both nuts need to be removed from # 18
Push down the hand brake lever and slide it forward to get it out. This goes very easy if the hand brake is pushed down a little while moving it forward. Once the old lever is out, remove #18, #19, #20 and install these parts on the new lever.
For installation of the new lever, you have to push ****#17
So my question is : how to remove the pin #21?
View of pin#21 from the passenger side (right seat from inside the car). Clip #22 was on this side of pin #21
View of Pin#21 from the driver side (left seat from inside the car° - that is where clip#22 should be based on the DIY picture.
It was not that difficult in the end. I had to use a hammer and a little bit of WD40 to slide out pin#21.
The only problem was that the copper tab was damaged (same as Gbos1). I did not notice it when I bought it, only when I compared the Tequipement handbrake lever with my original one whose copper tab was in good status. So now I need to order a new copper tab and figure out how to attach it to the handbrake lever.
It is so cool to do these small mods on the 993, I am getting more and more used to the car and I start to know her better.
03-29-2012, 12:47 PM
Replace emergency brake handle
