I saw somewhere that people had had problems at SVA with the handbrake lever being insufficiently radiused (even underneath a gaiter). I don't
know if I will have a problem but to minimise the risk I came up with this:
A bit of used heater hose with a suitable bend already in it, slit and PUd to the top. A smaller bit of hose PUd underneath, just in case.
PS - I will be refitting the gaiter again afterwards
[Edited on 12/9/05 by Humbug]
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Thats a bloody good idea.
I just put a leather gaiter on mine and it was fine. That's what's on a family run about and they get type aproval so will be OK
Did similar to Mr Humbug but with that foam pipe lagging stuff.
It's really comfortable for resting your elbow on whilst driving. 
I think it really nees a gaitor as well as you can get to the "teeth" of the ratchet when it is on.
Pat...
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Originally posted by Avoneer
I think it really nees a gaitor as well as you can get to the "teeth" of the ratchet when it is on.
Pat...
- you can see the inside of the gaiter on the right hand side, peeled forward from the lever itself.
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Originally posted by VinceGledhill
I just put a leather gaiter on mine and it was fine. That's what's on a family run about and they get type aproval so will be OK
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Originally posted by jos
Thats a bloody good idea.
I failed on radius edge of the sierra hand grip,the gator i used tied up very close to the end but with the deadly radius gauge it was just outside
the limit (2.5mm i think) i just made up an extension to the original gator to cover.
Beware also the release button as i have heard some have failed as well,very petty in my opinion.
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i used a rover p6 hanbrake lever, and pu'd a cut down standard nut cover (as in not tifosi) to the end.
it definitely needed it, as the button has square edges, and is chromed, but still applies to the sierra one too
hth
tom
i would STRONGLY recommend having a full gaitor. I was driving along recently and looked down, to my horror the free end of my harness straphad fallen
down the hole and was brushing the prop. Can you imagine what it would do if it got wrapped round it?! 
maybe even fatal.
Im getting a full gaitor to cover it, once i can be arsed taking it out again! 
OK - here is the gaiter refitted. Looks good to me, though I am a bit concerned about radiuses on the end of the lever and the button (see next
post)
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Here is a closeup of the end of the lever - what do you think about the radiuses?
How about the solution on the right: bike inner tube over the lever to just go up to the end of the lever and a Tifosi bolt head cover PUd onto the
original button?
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that should be alright, as long as you can make it look permanent. can you superglue the inner tube to the nut cover?
i took my identical handbrake cover back because of the radius issues.
tom
I just had a leather gaiter, but i did see the inspector grip it to see if anything stuck through. Got to be a good idea to pre empt the problem though.
Now changed the inner tube for another spare bit of convoluted rubber wiring shroud (from a Metro door) - it grips the lever and hopefully it looks a
bit more "permanent"
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Originally posted by Humbug
Now changed the inner tube for another spare bit of convoluted rubber wiring shroud (from a Metro door) - it grips the lever and hopefully it looks a bit more "permanent"
