Help removing the parkbrake handle

You have to drive the pin all the way through, into the shaft. Or, get a cut-off tool and slice it off.

Hi Rene,

Before you remove your original, please check

the new one you got. Some of the replacements

I seen has the hole for the pin drilled at the wrong side

and you will have to drill one yourself in the correct place.

Just a tip.

/Bo

Rene, Bo is right, when my original one broke I replaced it with a repop and the hole was on the wrong side. I also have a NOS one that doesn't have any hole drilled. Dave

Hi Rene,

I feel for you trying to get the old handle off

but if it can give you any comfort, most of us has

gone through the same thing. A pain in the.....

Good luck and don't invent any new words close

to any children.

/Bo

So rene who did you buy your handle thru since the hole is in the right place?

I recently bought one from Virginia Mustang with the hole in the proper location. I think it was also a Scott Drake handle. I decided to replace the repop that snapped off in my hand with an NOS one so I'm not going to use it.

I replaced mine..hole also on wrong side from Mustangs Unlimited. Thoughtit would be a quick easy job. A TOTAL pain in the butt! Got to wonder what these engineers were thinking when they designed this. I would have had the handle screw on with a lock nut to secure it. Simple on...simple off........ET

I replaced mine last fall with a VA Mustang supplied Scott Drake handle. Hole was on the wrong side. I sent it back for another, same problem. Since I needed to get it ready for a local AACA show, I drilled a new hole in the correct spot and filled the other hole with J-B Weld. A touch-up with gloss black paint looked really good. I had planned on replacing the handle with a correctly drilled hole later, but the touch-up is impossible to see.

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Got to wonder what these engineers were thinking when they designed this. I would have had the handle screw on with a lock nut to secure it. Simple on...simple off........ET

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I guess there are several ways to design a fastening method for the brake handle. The drive pin was probably chosen because it prevents any chance of the handle rotating loose. Since you must twist the handle to release it, a screw on design can be more likely to loosen up over time, and the engineers wanted to maintain a positive attachment method that would hold up for a "lifetime" of service. Back then, average "lifetime" of a car was probably considered around ten years or less, and no one figured we would be fussing over difficulties removing the pin for restoration 40+ years later.

Thatis a good point. Ford probably never considered that these handles

would need to be removed and replaced.