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MG MGA - Hand Brake Assembly

I'm just removing parts out of boxes and want to assembly the pawl rod into the handle plate shaft assembly and find its alittle bent but not much. How does one get this to fit into it??. As you can see I'll be asking questions now I have decided to try and fit the parts together. Unfortunately the prior owner did not mark them or even keep the parts together. Help Clive..
c allen

Was there a picture?
Art Pearse

There are exploded diagrams in both the manual and parts list (SPL)showing all the constituent parts.

I found that the pawl rod had to be bent slightly before it could be fed into the handbrake tube to avoid interfering with either the handbrake shaft or the pawl shaft (not sure which). If you have freshly painted the rod the paint will be scraped off the side when doing this! If you bend the rod too much it will bind on the sides of the tube and once it's in position you can't unbend it.
After you've got the rod in place the spring goes on the end followed by the release knob. A pretty poor design in my view ..............Mike
m.j. moore

Thanks for your replies I've come to the conclusion that this pawl rod is bent more than it should be so I'll play with it until it fits into the h/brake shaft handle. Clive.
c allen

Have straighten the h/b pawl now all I have to sort out is how it operates...
c allen

Does anyone know of the dimensions of the bush that sits inside the H/Brake handle below the spring shown in the manual. Moss no longer has this part. Clive..
c allen

Would that piece ever get lost? Probably why it is not supplied (no demand).
Barney Gaylord

This thread was discussed between 17/03/2013 and 18/03/2013

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