fitting a richbrook alloy handbrake sleeve..

the_devil_made_me_do_it

I have a Ford Puma. And deceided to purchase a Richbrook alloy handbrake sleeve.

Only problem is, it looks like the black puma standard fit handbrake sleeve is moulded on, so I'm not sure whether it's an easy job taking it off to fit the new alloy sleeve. Any ideas? Anyone else fitted one in a puma?

el6724

the_devil_made_me_do_it wrote:

I have a Ford Puma. And deceided to purchase a Richbrook alloy handbrake sleeve.

Only problem is, it looks like the black puma standard fit handbrake sleeve is moulded on, so I'm not sure whether it's an easy job taking it off to fit the new alloy sleeve. Any ideas? Anyone else fitted one in a puma?

My son asures me you just pull and twist the original one off!

the_devil_made_me_do_it

Hmmm, sounds a bit possible.. I may give it ago and see. Could need a good bit of strength behind it tho, as it seems quite tight on.

el6724

Son has a fiesta and is part of some fiesta club (a lot of the interior & bits are the same as puma's so they get a lot of puma owners on there) it's called ukfiesta network - if you run it through google and then post on there I'm sure you'll get loads of help

the_devil_made_me_do_it

got the sleeve off, and what would ya know, the richbrook sleeve isn't compatible with the shape of the puma handbrake. The richbrook sleeve is like a round pipe whereas the puma handbrake is kinda a long oblong shape :rolleyes: