Handbrake

My missing parts arrived today!. Thanks to Brenton at Meridian Motorsport for maintaining the pressure on Birkin to deliver, and for putting up with my constant email requests for updates. 

The handbrake pivot should be one of the first parts fitted in the build, as it is the key to most of the back end going together. Once this pivot is fitted, the diff can go in as well as the half shafts, the rear brake lines and the fuel tank. A lot hinges around this one bit of metal! Before I fitted it, I drilled out the clevis holes another 0.5mm and shortened the split pins (thanks Mark!). I greased the pivot bush, and then used an M8 bolt and nyloc to secure it (not to tight as it needs to pivot). Its then a simple task to fit each of the cable eyes into its corner and secure with a clevis pin and split pin. A few more minutes of adjustment to the cable housing length, and the pull adjuster on the handle and it was clamping the wheels. Now hopefully I can finish the back end of the car.