Stainless steel adjustable handbrake rods?

[661]

Does anyone supply these or is it a DIY job?

[MarkDa]

I think it'll be DIY for ss rods.

[shaun]

Made my own 6 mm stainless bar threaded 6mm with stainless Clevis and pins

[661]

Made my own 6 mm stainless bar threaded 6mm with stainless Clevis and pins

That looks good, I had looked at a 4mm solution.Do we have an approximate clevis pin to clevis pin dimension?

[Davidb]

Very nice Shaun. I think I will copy that!

[MarkDa]

Very neat work Shaun.
Are the ends counter threaded to make adjustment super-simple?

[RichardHawkins]

Mark,

I did the same as Shaun, and yes I used left and right hand threads at opposite ends of the rods, mine are 5mm.

Richard Hawkins

[661]

Mark,

I did the same as Shaun, and yes I used left and right hand threads at opposite ends of the rods, mine are 5mm.

Richard Hawkins

Where does one source left handed clevis' and a left handed die?

[Elanman99]

I made some SS ones for my car using 5mm rod (I think its about the same diameter as the originals) I used ready made plated steel clevises and have right hand threads at both ends. I adjusted them off the car to match the rusty ones I removed.

Unless Lotus got it wrong when they made the car I dont see the point of having adjustability, the distance between the calipers/levers is determined by the chassis and other non adjustable parts so the rod length should be the same for each type of Elan.

Ian

[MarkDa]

'Should' is the operative word!
I had t shorten mine to compensate for stretch in brake cable (Or something)

[RichardHawkins]

Graeme,

I bought the left hand clevis from springfix linkages. They were out of stock, and took ages to arrive. I bought a left hand die from my local branch of Cromwell Tools. I have since bought other taps and dies from avontapdie.co.uk, cheaper than Cromwell, but have not tried them for anything left hand.

Richard Hawkins