Cheapo Handbrake Spring Upgrade! 

lol :)

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Thanks so much Shannon! :)

Hey bro how can i use the lubing on my handbrake, could you provide me a detailed YT video?

No worries, nice little mod! :)

Welcome!

They work well mate.

No worries! Well worth doing! :)

Have fun!

how is it tho?

@@ItsKagan it worked fine, I liked the new spring a lot better. I have since upgraded to a Heusinkveld handbrake with a loadcell.

Karl is into sim racing and vr , my perfect mix

Yeah that would work mate! :)

Great idea I'll have to try this, paying $50 just for the load cell might be justified now.

Glad you liked it

Did you find a spring in aus that works?

Yeah like 25 dollar shipping, and I couldn't find any others. I found a few but the estimated delivery is about 3 months from now. I'm just gonna do my own DIY on it

But at the cost of reduced travel mate and it's still not heavy enough, a spring change gives much better results. I had some lithium grease laying around so used that.

@@KarlGosling true. I did manage to tighten it quite a bit without the travel being impacted, but you're right, tighten it enough and you'll loose travel. It seems though when calibrating these handbrakes that the position of the hall sensor is somewhere in the middle of the travel, meaning that full engagement is somewhere near 60-70% of the fully physically engaged position. So the last 30-40% travel provides no extra rudder signal, as it is already at 100%. I picked up four of the ISO springs yesterday and I agree that it's a much stiffer spring than the stock one. Furthermore I added some finger spring washers at the pivot bolt to reduce play at the base of the handle. They do a much better job than the wave washers it came with. Now time will tell how it'll feels in rallycross. Appreciate the video and input 👍🏻

Sorry mate no, there's nothing to disassemble really.

None, they are all stronger.

No I've not even emailed them yet! I remember every time I sit down to race and then by the time I'm done I've forgotten again! lol

did you try doing this wanting to mount vertically

@@RacingGB it broke before I had the chance mate. Get yourself a fanatec or another decent brake. Those cheap ebay efforts are a waste of time.

I know this is old, but for anyone reading today. Yes, you can.

Hey do you eventually try any of those sizes? only lengths I can find available at moment

Same as anything mate, just get a couple of t nuts and bolt it on.

Not once calibrated.

Lube.

@@KarlGosling what areas of the handbrake should I put grease on?

It plugs into your PC via USB so what wheel you have is not important mate.

@@KarlGosling so i use an xbox would that still be possible to use?