handbrake!! im in trouble help!!

right so last week my handbrake light wouldn't go off i gave it a few days and then it started going off and working properly then today i pulled the handbrake up and with no real effort and it buckled. i have no idea wot ive done and im not sure if its serious or not. this is how it looks. please any help would be much appreciated.
Mike

looks like youve broke a cable bert, :?
Bert

It does at first glance but a closer look shows that the little 'bar' which the 2 cables goes through, is no longer in place on the handbrake lever. It looks like the little tab which keeps it in place, has bent downwards in a random way. It should be possible to bend this back. What caused it to originally bend and set the bar free from the lever, is another thing…..??

I had pretty much the same thing as Paul describes.

You need to put the plate back on the mounting and bend the tab (circled)  back up.  You may need to loosen the cable locknuts off a little.



Give the cables a tug too to make sure you dont have a snapped cable.

cables definatley not snapped its stiff as anything. i got the bracket back on the lever but its really stiff you cant pull it to the first click so i took it back off and im jst leaving it in gear so it doesnt roll away over night.

Could be seized then - hence why it bent the tab in the first place. You're going to have to remove the rear drum to unhook it anyway, so once you've done that you're half way towards finding whether its the cable itself, or the lever within the rear drum.

ive got a bloke looking at it on monday he thinks its somethin on the rear drum probly seized like u sed but i'll find out monday night

the linkage all came lose and the bearing was lose. jst needed tightening up and now it sweet although my handbrake light wont go off anymore

hi mate
just have exactly the same problem -i just pulled on the handbrakes at lights,on steep hill,and..hey..no handbrake 8O

• did you ever find out why the tab had bent??and fix your handbrake light??

cheers

L H