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Butler
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16th Mar 06 at 17:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Think thats what they are called. Anyone know where from and whats involved?
schoey
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ah what what?
Butler
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16th Mar 06 at 18:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Maybe not then. A handbrake without a button like a single lever on a spring. As seen in rally cars.
205tom
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16th Mar 06 at 18:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
like a hydrolic handbrake? a fly off one
CorsAsh
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16th Mar 06 at 18:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Fly-off you mean?

Not sure they're legal on road cars, basically it's a handbrake with no ratchet, used on rally cars so you pull on the handbrake, let go when you've finished your slide etc and it flies off automatically.
Robin
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16th Mar 06 at 18:02   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
fly off handbrake dude

basically like a handbrake but without the ratchet thing that locks it, so you can tweak it to bring the back round, then not worry about it staying on
James R
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a fly off handbrake, it's a hydrolic hand brake, plumbs in to the rear lines so you can lock the back wheels with ease, like finger power rather than yanking the wire handbrake.
Really not a good plan on a road car less it's a road legal rally car.
CorsAsh
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Let's hold hands Robin
mark_gsi
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dont the new vectras have sumthing like this in it goes of its self or i maybe wrong.
Jake
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wont pass mot
Butler
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Thats the one, knew it was something like that, not road legal? Even if you dont use it? lol
CorsAsh
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That's kinda the point, you can't leave it on, ie if you're parked on a hill etc. It's a requirement for MOT to be able to do that.
Chris F
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16th Mar 06 at 18:04   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yer i wish my car had one..would have a car right now if i did!

[Edited on 16-03-2006 by CorsaCF]
Butler
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I was under the impression it was a second lever
CorsAsh
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No, second lever is usually a small brake bias control switch, you can flick all the brake pressure to the rear which has a similar effect to using the handbrake all the time...
Demo
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16th Mar 06 at 18:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
my old man had one on his old RS2000 rally car.

had to lay down fake brake lines so it would pass an MOT
Ian
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16th Mar 06 at 19:03   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Some hydraulic fly off ones have an optional ratchet attachment for road purposes.

Handbrake must lock mechanically to pass MOT.
Doug
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You can do this 'ghetto style' by simply holding the button in and drilling through the handbrake lever and the button. Then simply place a short metal bar through the whole and

viola

Very cheap handbrake then when its time to park up or whatever just pull the pin out and it will function normally
Butler
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16th Mar 06 at 19:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
But where is the 'fly off' effect lol
Doug
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when you let go
CorsAsh
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It flies out of your hand as you let go, letting the brakes off
Robin
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16th Mar 06 at 19:43   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i understand you Doug

you are basically making a device which holds the button in, but come MOT time, you can make the button come out, and then the handbrake works properly
Doug
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I never said it was perfect, i said it was 'Ghetto'

Yes rob

[Edited on 16-03-2006 by Doug Corsa]
Butler
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Actually thats a point, I was being an idiot and imagining it with the button out and thinking its exactly the same lol. It sounds stupid but sounds like it would work!!
Doug
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Trust me it does work. Done it on a track day car!!!

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