Free modified handbrake compensators

HarryM1BYT · 9th February 2013, 13:06

Well not quite free -£5, but just covering my basic material and postage costs in offering the service.

You pay me £5 via paypal as a gift and send me your address and I send you a compensator which has been refurbished back to original length and welded up so it will no longer suffer from the well known issue of these compensators increasing in length in normal service.

Once delivered I then expect you to install it promptly and return your stretched compensator back to me - to keep the service going. There is a mass of documentation about the problem on the forum and plenty of details with regards to its fitting.

Symptoms of the problem are that the handbrake lever when applied comes up more than three or four clicks and there is no adjustment left on the cable end nut under the lever. There is absolutely no point in just buying and fitting a new compensator without it first being modified, as it will just stretch again. Every single used compensator returned to me has suffered some stretch usually between 6 and 10mm longer than when new.

spanner48 · 22nd October 2018, 16:54

Hi Harry,

I need one of your modified ones. How do I pay you for it?

Thanks,

Giles
[spanner48]

HarryM1BYT · 22nd October 2018, 17:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by spanner48

Hi Harry,

I need one of your modified ones. How do I pay you for it?

Thanks,

Giles
[spanner48]

Sorry, you don't - I stopped offering the refurb service over three years ago.

Your best option is to study the method I published on the forum, to refurb yourself.

Bogbrush82 · 22nd October 2018, 17:08

Or send Arctic a PM.

championdaddy · 22nd October 2018, 19:20

Or fit the Bmw Mini R50 compensator............

Like I just have LOL

HarryM1BYT · 22nd October 2018, 19:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by championdaddy

Or fit the Bmw Mini R50 compensator............

Like I just have LOL

Yes, that might be the cheaper/simpler option.

Mike Noc · 22nd October 2018, 21:59

It is a good alternative, but you will need to use the Mini R50 front common cable as well.

Ravinder · 22nd October 2018, 22:26

Message member, Arctic. He will sort you out.

AndyN01 · 23rd October 2018, 06:40

+1 for Arctic.

Andy.

Heddy · 23rd October 2018, 07:48

I tried many times with my Mk1 to get the h/brake right, using the guide too, never did. Used Harry's guide on the Mk2 and it's great. I used the 'mini' compensator because it allows the twin cables to equalise better. A key factor in setting the drums up is to regularly bash them between adjustments, they may seem hard to turn but once hit with the mallet they free up and can be adjusted further.

9th February 2013, 13:06	#1
HarryM1BYT This is my second home 75 Contemporary SE Mk II 2004 Man. Sal. CDTi 135ps, FBH on red diesel, WinCE6 DD Join Date: May 2010 Location: Leeds Posts: 17,273 Thanks: 2,160 Thanked 2,061 Times in 1,586 Posts	Free modified handbrake compensators Well not quite free -£5, but just covering my basic material and postage costs in offering the service. You pay me £5 via paypal as a gift and send me your address and I send you a compensator which has been refurbished back to original length and welded up so it will no longer suffer from the well known issue of these compensators increasing in length in normal service. Once delivered I then expect you to install it promptly and return your stretched compensator back to me - to keep the service going. There is a mass of documentation about the problem on the forum and plenty of details with regards to its fitting. Symptoms of the problem are that the handbrake lever when applied comes up more than three or four clicks and there is no adjustment left on the cable end nut under the lever. There is absolutely no point in just buying and fitting a new compensator without it first being modified, as it will just stretch again. Every single used compensator returned to me has suffered some stretch usually between 6 and 10mm longer than when new. __________________ Harry How To's and items I offer for free, or just to cover the cost of my expenses... http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...40#post1764540 Fix a poor handbrake; DIY ABS diagnostic unit; Loan of the spanner needed to change the CDT belts; free OBD diagnostics +MAF; Correct Bosch MAF cheap; DVB-T install in an ex-hi-line system; DD install with a HK amp; FBH servicing. I've taken a vow of poverty. To annoy me, send money.

22nd October 2018, 16:54	#2
spanner48 Newbie Rover 75 CDT Tourer Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: WALLINGFORD Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Handbrake compensator Hi Harry, I need one of your modified ones. How do I pay you for it? Thanks, Giles [spanner48]

22nd October 2018, 17:08	#4
Bogbrush82 I really should get out more....... BMW X3 2.0D Join Date: May 2017 Location: Tipton Posts: 2,383 Thanks: 51 Thanked 765 Times in 421 Posts	Or send Arctic a PM. __________________ Current car: BMW x3 2.0d (The one with the M47 engine!) Rolled off the line on December 14th, 2004.

22nd October 2018, 22:26	#8
Ravinder This is my second home Rover 75 saloon x2, Rover 75 Tourer x2, Rover 220 Coupe Turbo Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife Posts: 9,036 Thanks: 2,278 Thanked 2,852 Times in 1,718 Posts	Message member, Arctic. He will sort you out. __________________ Wanted - Indian bride. Cash waiting. (All sorted - bargain) First name and forum name: Ravinder Rover 75 2.0 CDT Connoisseur SE 116 (160 remap) Royal Blue (JFM) This vehicle was the 50,481st 75 to run off the production line, out of 112,381 This vehicle was the 2,238th 75 CDT Connoisseur SE to be made out of 3,775 This vehicle was the 5,002nd 75 in Royal Blue (code: JFM) to be made out of 14,420 Royal Blue 75s

23rd October 2018, 07:48	#10
Heddy This is my second home None Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: None Posts: 5,556 Thanks: 465 Thanked 1,161 Times in 924 Posts	I tried many times with my Mk1 to get the h/brake right, using the guide too, never did. Used Harry's guide on the Mk2 and it's great. I used the 'mini' compensator because it allows the twin cables to equalise better. A key factor in setting the drums up is to regularly bash them between adjustments, they may seem hard to turn but once hit with the mallet they free up and can be adjusted further. Last edited by Heddy; 23rd October 2018 at 18:46..

22nd October 2018, 19:20	#5
championdaddy This is my second home Mg Zt 190 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The FIRST Garden City....Letchworth. Posts: 6,778 Thanks: 1,243 Thanked 920 Times in 698 Posts	Or fit the Bmw Mini R50 compensator............ Like I just have LOL

22nd October 2018, 21:59	#7
Mike Noc This is my second home Rover 75 CDT Manual Connoisseur SE, Rover 75 CDT Automatic Connoisseur SE & a Freelander Td4. Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Hampshire Posts: 11,546 Thanks: 3,470 Thanked 3,119 Times in 2,247 Posts	It is a good alternative, but you will need to use the Mini R50 front common cable as well.

23rd October 2018, 06:40	#9
AndyN01 This is my second home Toyota RAV4 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Tamworth Posts: 3,067 Thanks: 2,478 Thanked 1,579 Times in 968 Posts	+1 for Arctic. Andy.

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