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Removing Hand Brake and Cover

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Removing Hand Brake and Cover

Post by PaulN » Thu May 21, 2009 3:41 pm

Hi,

Just looking to replace the hand brake handle which i know just pulls off :cry:

Has anyone took the cover assemble or Gaitor Assembly off as they suggest having it inside out and tie wrapping it onto the inner shaft before pulling it the right way around and fitting in position before putting the new Handbrake handle on.

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Re: Removing Hand Brake and Cover

Post by pvr » Thu May 21, 2009 3:55 pm

Here you go ...

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Re: Removing Hand Brake and Cover

Post by PaulN » Thu May 21, 2009 4:06 pm

Lovely!

Which lot of clips should i attack first and is it easy to get your fingers under? Oh yeah and what handle did you put on?

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Re: Removing Hand Brake and Cover

Post by srhutch » Thu May 21, 2009 5:36 pm

Paul

PVR didnt change the handbrake but removed it to install SatNav. :thumbsup:
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Re: Removing Hand Brake and Cover

Post by pvr » Thu May 21, 2009 5:50 pm

And that is not me in the picture - I would never wear white trousers when working on a car but I guess I was doing the dirty work ... :D

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Re: Removing Hand Brake and Cover

Post by PaulN » Fri May 22, 2009 8:30 am

Cheers,

I wasn't going to mention the white slacks.....

Stupidly Only checked on the way to work this morning (didn't go in the Z) and mine seems to be all in one from the back of the handbrake right to the front of the gear stick????

I guess its a case of brute force and getting them off....

Thanks for the photos chap, really helps.

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Re: Removing Hand Brake and Cover

Post by pvr » Fri May 22, 2009 8:37 am

ah, ok. You may not have the armrest then ...
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Re: Removing Hand Brake and Cover

Post by PaulN » Thu May 28, 2009 9:29 am

Hi,

Managed to have a good look at the handbrake last weekend, and got the trim off and found the tie wrap holding the gaitor on.

One thing was i really tried to get the handle off but it would shift.... Is it just like the gear knob, pull it till it flys off?

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Re: Removing Hand Brake and Cover

Post by fallingman » Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:20 pm

PaulN wrote:Hi,

Managed to have a good look at the handbrake last weekend, and got the trim off and found the tie wrap holding the gaitor on.

One thing was i really tried to get the handle off but it would shift.... Is it just like the gear knob, pull it till it flys off?

Cheers

PaulN
Okay, I know I'm 2 years late to this thread's party,b ut I got my 05-reg Z4 2.0 a couple of weeks ago and am already modding, albeit modestly.

I ordered and received my Storm Motorwerks gear knob and hand brake cover. Gear knob successfully installed - and I didn't even give myself a black eye in the process! Pics to come.

However, I'm having trouble removing the old hand brake cover. Gaitor removed, tie-clip removed, pulled very hard, cover just won't budge. There appears to be some clipping going on with the plastic cover securing itself over a couple of protrusions in the metal shaft.

Any help, advice, sympathy gratefully recieved.

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Re: Removing Hand Brake and Cover

Post by andysat » Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:46 pm

Hi and welcome-i too have a stormwerks gearknob -would like to see the pics with the handbrake when you get round to doing it. :)
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Re: Removing Hand Brake and Cover

Post by fallingman » Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:09 pm

So how does that happen?

You spend all day going back to the Z4 every hour or so to try and get the hand brake cover off, but to no avail - hence frustrated post above. :headbang:

Then you go back the next day and, whoosh, it comes off first try. :D

Ambient temperature maybe?

Anyway, here's the result...

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Re: Removing Hand Brake and Cover

Post by bradmarsh1989 » Tue Apr 23, 2013 5:42 pm

I can't get my handbrake off! :cry: I am such a pansy! Do I really just PULL AND PULL?
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Re: Removing Hand Brake and Cover

Post by Mau » Tue Apr 23, 2013 7:50 pm

You could do that, but you could also use a small hammer. Pictures from a small how to I posted on the Dutch forum:

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Re: Removing Hand Brake and Cover

Post by sd_dracula » Fri Oct 18, 2013 9:34 am

Need to replace my handbrake handle and was wondering, in the post above, the cover with the silver trim, is that an OEM part?
If yes, does anyone know the part number?

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Re: Removing Hand Brake and Cover

Post by Rob_benton » Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:56 pm

Can anyone tell me if you can remove the handle without removing the gaiter first ?
Does the zip tie for gaiter go round the end of the handle ?

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