Our 1967 Mercedes 250SL has had the handbrake cables on the rear replaced. This involved the removal of the road wheels, callipers and discs on both sides to access the cable ends inside the drum of the discs. Once they were stripped down, Pete found a few more issues hidden away – one of the rear discs was scored very badly on the inside, and the calliper captive fixings were rotted away on the driver’s side, this made calliper removal very difficult as this is a round captive insert with minimal access.
Pete modified a set of grips to be able to hold this while he loosened the calliper bolts. Luck was on his side as it was seized as well as snapped! One of the cables was wrong so we have replacements on the way as well as the captive retainers.
While Pete was waiting for the replacement cable, he started work on the subframe mounts. These, again were tricky to access and remove/replace as the front subframe held the engine and gearbox respectively. Both sides had separated and needed urgent replacement, these are now renewed and the engine stays exactly where it should.
