 Parking Brake Handle, 1970 1.7L, What keeps the handle "up" when brake is applied |
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| Tking327 |
 Aug 12 2025, 09:56 AM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 21 Joined: 17-August 21 From: Denver,CO Member No.: 25,815 Region Association: Intermountain Region  |
Hello and dumb question. I made one brake lever from two damaged/bent ones which involved drilling out presses at pivot points and inserting bolts instead. There is the little weighted thingy inside that has 2 sharp teeth which I assume have to catch onto something (on the car body I guess) to hold the lever up in 'brake applied' position until you press the button to release it? I seem to be missing a piece of this apparatus? See photo of intact brake level and another that shows a profile of the shark tooth. Also, why is the 1970 brake lever made of 2 pieces? Is that a hint to proper installation?
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| 914werke |
Aug 12 2025, 11:13 AM
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"I got blisters on me fingers" Group: Members Posts: 11,334 Joined: 22-March 03 From: USofA Member No.: 453 Region Association: Pacific Northwest 
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| Dave_Darling |
Aug 12 2025, 11:24 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,220 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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The early style brake handle is in two pieces so that it does not stay up! The upper part is supposed to flop down out of the way of the driver's ingress and egress. To release the brake, you pull the handle up all the way and then press the button.
If the early handle does stay up, the hinge is damaged, or dirty, or rusty. Later handles are one piece and stay up. If you're talking about the lower piece of the handle staying up, there's a pawl inside the lower handle that is spring-loaded and gets released by the push-button. --DD |
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