Broken Hand Brake Button... Is It Possible To Fix?

[geoff_s]

Hi all, picked up my 2.8 MkII yesterday so a newbie here. I was wondering if it's possible to fix a hand brake with the knob that you push in missing. It came like this & I don't have the button, just a round piece of steel sticking out the end of the handbrake. Would I need a new hand brake or is it possible to fit a replacement button. Any advice will be very much appreciated so thanks in advance ( from my thumb :blink: )

[NikpV]

on my mk2 the shiny button is a plastic cap which fits on a plastic shaft with splines :blink:

[seanwhu]

Hi

 

Without knowing my kids knocked the silver cap off whilst helping me clean the car after two weeks away camping.

 

Fords wanted a whole new hand break fitting, think it was in the region on 90 quid plus vat but that was about six months ago.

 

Found it in the dyson after a couple of weeks whizzing around and around !!!

 

Visit the breakers and borrow one.

 

good luck

[geoff_s]

[Willie Krashitt]

Hi,

This happened to mine as well. Tried superglue, which worked for a few weeks, but then no good. Fix #2 was to remove the chrome button from the plastic inner part, then drill through the broken off plastic and into the end of the shaft with a 2mm drill, and inserting a 10-12mm long piece of welding wire coated with araldite into both bits. Having refitted the chrome outer bit, repair is not detectable and has lasted nearly 18 months.

 

Both Ford and VW show handbrake lever only as a complete assembly, and as was mentioned above, Ford want over