Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Maintenance & Servicing How to dissassemble the handbrake lever

Could somebody kindly advise me of the procedure to dissassemble the internal rod/spring/pawl/button in the handbrake lever. I have the lever off the car:



but I'm wondering now how to extract the threaded rod inside the lever as I want to replace the pawl. It looks like the silver button on the top of the lever is screwed into one end of the internal rod, and the pawl is screwed into the other end. But, northing actually unscrews with the application of moderate force. So I figure I'm probably doing it wrong. Although the photo above shows the set screw in the side of the lever (which locates the pawl), I have already unscrewed and removed that.

Many thanks

Unscrew the thimble from the top. Use a strap wrench if tight.

Unscrew the set screw at the bottom and you should be able to push the 1/4" rod down and the pawl out of the bottom of the casting.

Be very careful about using heat on it....the tube is only soft (lead) soldered into the casting.

Usually the pawl doesn't wear all that much but the teeth on the plate do.


Arwyn

Many thanks, having had a close look at the state of the pawl, it does look to be in decent shape, so I may leave well alone, given my propensity for breaking things during the process of 'fixing' them......