Good man, you've come back down to earth gently! Only weakness with that way of thinking is that that pivot gets quite a lot of load (torque) put on it - so if that was the case then I'd expect the lever to slip back - as suggested by others, I would expect that Lucas would have make that pivot with one or maybe two flats - to speed up initial assembly at Lucas - and also to provide the integrity to prevent movement while in service. Having splines allows for future adjustment but slows down initial assembly - so would add to unit cost.

Seriously, as said by others, I'd have another look at what you have done to confirm that all is okay, I'd be 99.9% sure that you could have solved your inefficient handbrake problems by (1) slackening off the cable a bit (incase someone had already done the wrong thing and tightened it) > (2) remove the calliper fist and pads and clean everything up > (3) re-zero the piston (fully wind it back in) > (4) refit everything making sure that you put a touch of copperslips where needed and blue Loctite on the mounting bolts > (5) followed the correct procedure to bring the pads back out and then operate the handbrake a few times > (6) adjust the handbrake cable only if necessary to give minium clearance at the stops when the handbrake is off.

Even better still, order in a pair (RHS and LHS) Sharan external handbrake lever return springs - and fit them - I tend to accept that the stop clearance then will be nothing or nearly nothing!

no it had move on the spline / slipped.... so i repositioned it a tightened the nut so it wouldnt budge

honestly im not bull****ting, THE only way to fix it was at the rear caliper

I do not own that car anymore... i have a yellow fabia vrs now

no it had move on the spline / slipped.... so i repositioned it a tightened the nut so it wouldnt budge

honestly im not bull****ting, THE only way to fix it was at the rear caliper

I do not own that car anymore... i have a yellow fabia vrs now

I suppose that a "gorilla" might have owned that car before you (whoops - sorry if you've had it from new!) and something had to give. Seriously though, have you considered fitting these Sharan external lever return springs BEFORE you need them - doing that should head off any future handbrake dragging/seizing issues with your current car.

I suppose that a "gorilla" might have owned that car before you (whoops - sorry if you've had it from new!) and something had to give. Seriously though, have you considered fitting these Sharan external lever return springs BEFORE you need them - doing that should head off any future handbrake dragging/seizing issues with your current car.

i suppose if the handbrake was put on when car was not completely stationary or if say you went to pull away and didnt realise the handbrake was on...

this one seems fine

i was planning on fitting the 256mm tt rear caliper as the car nose dives with the 4 pot brembo's on the front