ACS handbrake for e60
11-12-2006, 05:30 PM
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Here is step by step how to mod the ACS handbrake.
1. Tools that you will need is sissers, a square file and a plasic fasner.
[attachment=33259:attachment]
2. Take hold of the leather at the bottum of the handbrake and pull hard and it will come out.
[attachment=33260:attachment]
3. Take out the OEM handle but cutting the plasic ring.
[attachment=33261:attachment]
[attachment=33262:attachment]
4. You will see a kink in the metal tube.
[attachment=33263:attachment]
[attachment=33264:attachment]
5. So you will have to mod the ACS hand brake to fit it in. You need a square file to file some metal out so you are left with a grove on both sides.
[attachment=33265:attachment]
[attachment=33266:attachment]
6. Slied the ACS handbrake in until it stop, it will not go all the way back, then use a alan key and the alan srew to titen it.
[attachment=33267:attachment]
7. Put the leather back on to the handbrake and then use the plasic fasner to tieten the leather to the ACS handle.
[attachment=33268:attachment]
8. Last push back in the plasic from the leather in to the hole
[attachment=33269:attachment]
9.
looks cool.
[attachment=33270:attachment]
1. Tools that you will need is sissers, a square file and a plasic fasner.
[attachment=33259:attachment]
2. Take hold of the leather at the bottum of the handbrake and pull hard and it will come out.
[attachment=33260:attachment]
3. Take out the OEM handle but cutting the plasic ring.
[attachment=33261:attachment]
[attachment=33262:attachment]
4. You will see a kink in the metal tube.
[attachment=33263:attachment]
[attachment=33264:attachment]
5. So you will have to mod the ACS hand brake to fit it in. You need a square file to file some metal out so you are left with a grove on both sides.
[attachment=33265:attachment]
[attachment=33266:attachment]
6. Slied the ACS handbrake in until it stop, it will not go all the way back, then use a alan key and the alan srew to titen it.
[attachment=33267:attachment]
7. Put the leather back on to the handbrake and then use the plasic fasner to tieten the leather to the ACS handle.
[attachment=33268:attachment]
8. Last push back in the plasic from the leather in to the hole
[attachment=33269:attachment]
9.
looks cool.[attachment=33270:attachment]
11-12-2006, 06:06 PM
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authentic ACS e brakes come with the notch already
11-14-2006, 05:53 AM
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Originally Posted by tsilveracs' post='355411' date='Nov 12 2006, 10:06 PM
authentic ACS e brakes come with the notch already
11-14-2006, 05:54 AM
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Originally Posted by pinguhk' post='355397' date='Nov 12 2006, 09:30 PM
Here is step by step how to mod the ACS handbrake.
1. Tools that you will need is sissers, a square file and a plasic fasner.
[attachment=33259:attachment]
2. Take hold of the leather at the bottum of the handbrake and pull hard and it will come out.
[attachment=33260:attachment]
3. Take out the OEM handle but cutting the plasic ring.
[attachment=33261:attachment]
[attachment=33262:attachment]
4. You will see a kink in the metal tube.
[attachment=33263:attachment]
[attachment=33264:attachment]
5. So you will have to mod the ACS hand brake to fit it in. You need a square file to file some metal out so you are left with a grove on both sides.
[attachment=33265:attachment]
[attachment=33266:attachment]
6. Slied the ACS handbrake in until it stop, it will not go all the way back, then use a alan key and the alan srew to titen it.
[attachment=33267:attachment]
7. Put the leather back on to the handbrake and then use the plasic fasner to tieten the leather to the ACS handle.
[attachment=33268:attachment]
8. Last push back in the plasic from the leather in to the hole
[attachment=33269:attachment]
9. looks cool.
[attachment=33270:attachment]
1. Tools that you will need is sissers, a square file and a plasic fasner.
[attachment=33259:attachment]
2. Take hold of the leather at the bottum of the handbrake and pull hard and it will come out.
[attachment=33260:attachment]
3. Take out the OEM handle but cutting the plasic ring.
[attachment=33261:attachment]
[attachment=33262:attachment]
4. You will see a kink in the metal tube.
[attachment=33263:attachment]
[attachment=33264:attachment]
5. So you will have to mod the ACS hand brake to fit it in. You need a square file to file some metal out so you are left with a grove on both sides.
[attachment=33265:attachment]
[attachment=33266:attachment]
6. Slied the ACS handbrake in until it stop, it will not go all the way back, then use a alan key and the alan srew to titen it.
[attachment=33267:attachment]
7. Put the leather back on to the handbrake and then use the plasic fasner to tieten the leather to the ACS handle.
[attachment=33268:attachment]
8. Last push back in the plasic from the leather in to the hole
[attachment=33269:attachment]
9.
looks cool.[attachment=33270:attachment]
11-14-2006, 06:23 AM
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Originally Posted by lcc014' post='355972' date='Nov 14 2006, 10:53 PM
So, what you meant was that he did not get the "authentic" ACS E-brake handle in Hong Kong ??
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Originally Posted by pinguhk' post='355397' date='Nov 13 2006, 02:30 AM
Here is step by step how to mod the ACS handbrake.
1. Tools that you will need is sissers, a square file and a plasic fasner.
[attachment=33259:attachment]
2. Take hold of the leather at the bottum of the handbrake and pull hard and it will come out.
[attachment=33260:attachment]
3. Take out the OEM handle but cutting the plasic ring.
[attachment=33261:attachment]
[attachment=33262:attachment]
4. You will see a kink in the metal tube.
[attachment=33263:attachment]
[attachment=33264:attachment]
5. So you will have to mod the ACS hand brake to fit it in. You need a square file to file some metal out so you are left with a grove on both sides.
[attachment=33265:attachment]
[attachment=33266:attachment]
6. Slied the ACS handbrake in until it stop, it will not go all the way back, then use a alan key and the alan srew to titen it.
[attachment=33267:attachment]
7. Put the leather back on to the handbrake and then use the plasic fasner to tieten the leather to the ACS handle.
[attachment=33268:attachment]
8. Last push back in the plasic from the leather in to the hole
[attachment=33269:attachment]
9. looks cool.
[attachment=33270:attachment]
1. Tools that you will need is sissers, a square file and a plasic fasner.
[attachment=33259:attachment]
2. Take hold of the leather at the bottum of the handbrake and pull hard and it will come out.
[attachment=33260:attachment]
3. Take out the OEM handle but cutting the plasic ring.
[attachment=33261:attachment]
[attachment=33262:attachment]
4. You will see a kink in the metal tube.
[attachment=33263:attachment]
[attachment=33264:attachment]
5. So you will have to mod the ACS hand brake to fit it in. You need a square file to file some metal out so you are left with a grove on both sides.
[attachment=33265:attachment]
[attachment=33266:attachment]
6. Slied the ACS handbrake in until it stop, it will not go all the way back, then use a alan key and the alan srew to titen it.
[attachment=33267:attachment]
7. Put the leather back on to the handbrake and then use the plasic fasner to tieten the leather to the ACS handle.
[attachment=33268:attachment]
8. Last push back in the plasic from the leather in to the hole
[attachment=33269:attachment]
9.
looks cool.[attachment=33270:attachment]
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