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Yogie Moderator Custom Title Time!

1,608 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#281643
I am trying to fit the rubber boot over the handbrake in my 68 beetle and it doesn't seem to fit. When I push the levers through the slots in the side of the boot, the slots start to tear when I lower the levers.

What am I doing wrong? Any suggestions?

Yogie

LOWBUG Insano Dub Head

738 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#281646
Ask Dave He'll Know

ph billet Officially Full-On Dubber

237 posts · joined Nov 2003 ·

#281714
yes thay are a bugger to get on look if the ajustment screws for the hand brake arnt too long as this will pull the boot up too high and work it around to make sure its on fully good luck .
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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#281814
Yes, they are hard to get on....
and want to split at every chance they get.... 🙂🙂

You may have to put some flat washers under the adjusting nuts so that the threads aren't too long.....
or cut off the threads and You will have to hold the thread with pliers or Multigrips when adjusting the hand brake...

Nothing is Impossible..... just a darn sight harder🙂🙂

Best of Luck...

Lee --
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

Yogie Moderator Custom Title Time!

1,608 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#282019
Thanks guys. My biggest problem is I haven't really looked at one when it was on a car properly so I have been guessing at what it is supposed to look like when fitted.

Yogie