18-07-2020, 07:26 AM
Both my cars had fabric joints, both required some juggling with the handbrake to clear the joints.
There is almost no clearance - probably just touching in both cases.
I think there are washers added in suitable places to aid the spacing, and on the more standard car, the lever went in and out several times to get the bends in it just right.
Obviously, they were not like this when new - probably not, anyway - but the adjustments are relatively minor and not worth further investigation.
Such "further investigation" could involve re-positioning of the body and/or the engine, for instance.
The later car has now had the propshaft replaced with one with U/Js both ends, there was plenty of clearance for the "new" joint.
So: expect a bit of trouble, but it should not be too difficult to get around.
If you do have a major clearance problem then, I'm afraid, you could be into checking that the front of the propshaft tunnel is actually where it was designed to be, or the engine is the correct
one in the correct place relative to chassis/body.
Not so easy to fix witha couple of washers and a bend in the handbrake.
There is almost no clearance - probably just touching in both cases.
I think there are washers added in suitable places to aid the spacing, and on the more standard car, the lever went in and out several times to get the bends in it just right.
Obviously, they were not like this when new - probably not, anyway - but the adjustments are relatively minor and not worth further investigation.
Such "further investigation" could involve re-positioning of the body and/or the engine, for instance.
The later car has now had the propshaft replaced with one with U/Js both ends, there was plenty of clearance for the "new" joint.
So: expect a bit of trouble, but it should not be too difficult to get around.
If you do have a major clearance problem then, I'm afraid, you could be into checking that the front of the propshaft tunnel is actually where it was designed to be, or the engine is the correct
one in the correct place relative to chassis/body.
Not so easy to fix witha couple of washers and a bend in the handbrake.