Handbrake cables
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There seems to be little interest in technical posts on here but I will share my experiences nonetheless.
The handbrake cables on the Evora are routed through the rear wishbones and this results in the plastic outer cable sleeve rubbing through during suspension articulation, not to mention the inner spiral wound casing rubbing an indent into the lovely forged alloy wishbones. This, to me, is a design flaw and when I first noticed it I assumed my cables had been mis routed but it seems its a case of 'TADTS'.
To improve matters I added some sections of split heater hose over the cables to protect the wishhbone and secured them with cable ties - so far so good.
Anyway my Evora failed its MOT yesterday as the NS handbrake was competely ineffective. I discovered last night that the cable had siezed solid due to water ingress where rubbing on the wishbone.
I managed to remove the cable and eventually got it working such that I got my MOT this morning but the sprial casing is almost completely rusted out. However, new cables are unfortunately required which is premature on a car which has only done 27k miles.
You can avoid this, provided your cables have not been worn for an excessive period, by applying the 'hose fix' described above. I was too late with my fix so will be replacing both cables in the next few weeks.
The handbrake cables on the Evora are routed through the rear wishbones and this results in the plastic outer cable sleeve rubbing through during suspension articulation, not to mention the inner spiral wound casing rubbing an indent into the lovely forged alloy wishbones. This, to me, is a design flaw and when I first noticed it I assumed my cables had been mis routed but it seems its a case of 'TADTS'.
To improve matters I added some sections of split heater hose over the cables to protect the wishhbone and secured them with cable ties - so far so good.
Anyway my Evora failed its MOT yesterday as the NS handbrake was competely ineffective. I discovered last night that the cable had siezed solid due to water ingress where rubbing on the wishbone.
I managed to remove the cable and eventually got it working such that I got my MOT this morning but the sprial casing is almost completely rusted out. However, new cables are unfortunately required which is premature on a car which has only done 27k miles.
You can avoid this, provided your cables have not been worn for an excessive period, by applying the 'hose fix' described above. I was too late with my fix so will be replacing both cables in the next few weeks.
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