Parking brake ratchet lever not holding correctly

O

Osprey6010

Member
 Birmingham - England
Just went in for an MOT, and one of the issues stated was: "Parking brake lever ratchet not holding correctly". wanted to come on here for some advice on what to do. i would imagine that i need to replace the ratchet, or the whole lever if i need to, but some friends have told me that just tightening up the brake shoes at the rear will help. just looking for some advice on which route i should go down, and a method to replacing the lever (if i have to) because i have been told that i need to remove the prop shaft, which seems a bit too much.

Any help will be appreciated.
 
You need to replace the whole lever which unfortunately haven’t been available new for a few years now.
So, find a good used one or try re-cutting the teeth in the old one.
You can get it off from the top if you bend some metal or from underneath by removing the exhaust and the prop shaft
 
Old post here showing how to remove it from the top
colb

Thread 'Handbrake lever removal from inside car'

Fellow Zedder who breaks Z4's has devised a way of extracting the handbrake lever from inside the car, it requires a few bends to be made to the bodywork around the handbrake mounting hole in the centre tunnel to allow a long socket to get on the lever unit retaining bolts, the bends can be easily bent back after installation of a replacement or refurbished lever.
Sure beats having to drop the exhaust and propshaft on the underside.
Seems the most common issue with these levers is the wear on the ratchet teeth, once extracted from the car some delicate filing the teeth to a sharper profile...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom