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Typhoon190 · 10th November 2019, 18:56

So, now 'genuine' parts are just as rubbish. Great.

Thanks to the dreadful design of the handbrake system, someone had completely over tightened the adjuster nut, causing it to spin at the bottom of the thread on the short cable.

All the adjustment takes place at the bottom end of the thread, so it's no wonder so many get wrecked. Why the cable couldn't be 10mm shorter I don't know.

So everything out of the car so remove the handbrake lever to get the nut off and replace the short cable.

'Genuine MG Rover' short cable doesn't have the square location under the thread to stop it rotating in the lever. Whoever manufactures this part have managed to make a pants design even worst. Congratulations.

10th November 2019, 18:56	#22
Typhoon190 This is my second home MG ZT-T 190 Monogram Typhoon Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 4,707 Thanks: 328 Thanked 557 Times in 443 Posts	So, now 'genuine' parts are just as rubbish. Great. Thanks to the dreadful design of the handbrake system, someone had completely over tightened the adjuster nut, causing it to spin at the bottom of the thread on the short cable. All the adjustment takes place at the bottom end of the thread, so it's no wonder so many get wrecked. Why the cable couldn't be 10mm shorter I don't know. So everything out of the car so remove the handbrake lever to get the nut off and replace the short cable. 'Genuine MG Rover' short cable doesn't have the square location under the thread to stop it rotating in the lever. Whoever manufactures this part have managed to make a pants design even worst. Congratulations.