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How to remove an E brake handle?
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I want to put a new handle on, since I have scraped mine up from removing the the console several times.
Can you get them rewrapped or does anyone make a billet handle?
Or maybe I will have to look into the billet handle idea and design one.
Can you get them rewrapped or does anyone make a billet handle?
Or maybe I will have to look into the billet handle idea and design one.
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Leather wrapping my entire interior, and along the way decided to do the e-brake handle the mildly harder way, by drilling out this rivet.
![](https://i.postimg.cc/MHdkL99g/Screenshot-4-3-23-6-46-PM.jpg)
I was able to lift the metal rod off the paw, but i did manage to bend it straight a bit while taking it out, and remove the handle. The accidental bending, made the re-install a bit of a head scratcher. More on that in a bit.
Started peeling the old leather, leatherette, vinyl or whatever it is, off.
![](https://i.postimg.cc/hGySJPLH/IMG-5791-2.jpg)
used some 80 grit sand paper and patience to get the old glue off
![](https://i.postimg.cc/K8mFJgQ6/IMG-5792.jpg)
Used Weldwood upholstery adhesive on the handle and the redline leather. Trimmed the leather as necessary, around the button whole (until it slid in and out freely), and the trimmed the base until it looked right to my eye.
![](https://i.postimg.cc/7h7DQ3Fk/IMG-5793.jpg)
I drilled out, and tapped the whole for a 10-32 button button cap bolt (t15 torx bit), that i bought over at Lowes.
![](https://i.postimg.cc/MHdkL99g/Screenshot-4-3-23-6-46-PM.jpg)
I was able to lift the metal rod off the paw, but i did manage to bend it straight a bit while taking it out, and remove the handle. The accidental bending, made the re-install a bit of a head scratcher. More on that in a bit.
Started peeling the old leather, leatherette, vinyl or whatever it is, off.
![](https://i.postimg.cc/hGySJPLH/IMG-5791-2.jpg)
used some 80 grit sand paper and patience to get the old glue off
![](https://i.postimg.cc/K8mFJgQ6/IMG-5792.jpg)
Used Weldwood upholstery adhesive on the handle and the redline leather. Trimmed the leather as necessary, around the button whole (until it slid in and out freely), and the trimmed the base until it looked right to my eye.
![](https://i.postimg.cc/7h7DQ3Fk/IMG-5793.jpg)
I drilled out, and tapped the whole for a 10-32 button button cap bolt (t15 torx bit), that i bought over at Lowes.
![](https://i.postimg.cc/Qtvhb4nm/IMG-5794.jpg)
Last edited by lees02WS6; 04-03-2023 at 06:18 PM.
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Now back to the e brake button and rod. When i tried to reinstall it, the rod would not engage the paw, it would try and slide off and eject the button, spring and all.
So, i bent the rod down, and now it stays on the paw. Note, that you can't install the bolt to hold the handle on until you have the e brake release rod installed (you can't slip the rod past the bolt threads)
(for the record, the button in this pic - it's upside down. I thought it unscrewed, and have it rotated the wrong way. Before re-installing i rotated the button to the correct position.)
![](https://i.postimg.cc/9MhB7CcY/Screenshot-4-3-23-6-31-PM.jpg)
Re-engaging the rod on to the paw involved reinserting the button into the handle, flipping the paw down, and engaging the rod on to the paw using a flat head screw driver.
![](https://i.postimg.cc/cC1MFhgK/Screenshot-4-3-23-6-33-PM.jpg)
![](https://i.postimg.cc/DzdXRsK1/IMG-5822-jpeg.jpg)
Now i can install the bolt
![](https://i.postimg.cc/5NBbBm55/IMG-5810.jpg)
So, i bent the rod down, and now it stays on the paw. Note, that you can't install the bolt to hold the handle on until you have the e brake release rod installed (you can't slip the rod past the bolt threads)
(for the record, the button in this pic - it's upside down. I thought it unscrewed, and have it rotated the wrong way. Before re-installing i rotated the button to the correct position.)
![](https://i.postimg.cc/9MhB7CcY/Screenshot-4-3-23-6-31-PM.jpg)
Re-engaging the rod on to the paw involved reinserting the button into the handle, flipping the paw down, and engaging the rod on to the paw using a flat head screw driver.
![](https://i.postimg.cc/cC1MFhgK/Screenshot-4-3-23-6-33-PM.jpg)
![](https://i.postimg.cc/DzdXRsK1/IMG-5822-jpeg.jpg)
Now i can install the bolt
![](https://i.postimg.cc/5NBbBm55/IMG-5810.jpg)
![](https://i.postimg.cc/bwLPMNBs/IMG-5815.jpg)
Last edited by lees02WS6; 04-03-2023 at 06:21 PM.