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Title: Are the rear brake levers At the wheel unique to Lotus?
Post by: Richard48Y on Wednesday,January 24, 2024, 05:53:23 PM

Are the rear brake levers at the wheel cylinder unique to Lotus?
Shopping for parts and found their price to be very high.
I will clean up and reuse the ones I have but do wonder how they got to be so expensive unless they are special to the Europa.

Title: Re: Are the rear brake levers At the wheel unique to Lotus?
Post by: EuropaTC on Wednesday,January 24, 2024, 10:24:27 PM

Assuming you're talking about the handbrake actuating levers, then from what I remember they were from the Triumph range with rear drum brakes, Dolomite, GT6,  etc, and bent slightly to clear the radius arm (on mine at least). I don't know if they all had the same leverage but something like this should work ;

https://rimmerbros.com/Item--i-123135 (https://rimmerbros.com/Item--i-123135)

(another reason to convert to rear discs.....   ;)   )

Title: Re: Are the rear brake levers At the wheel unique to Lotus?
Post by: Richard48Y on Thursday,January 25, 2024, 12:05:17 AM

I had to look again.
I now see it is the TCS levers that are silly expensive.
Yes I am converting to disc brakes.

Title: Re: Are the rear brake levers At the wheel unique to Lotus?
Post by: kram350kram on Thursday,January 25, 2024, 06:16:05 AM

I have spare levers for a TCS. Yours for the shipping. PM me if interested.

Title: Re: Are the rear brake levers At the wheel unique to Lotus?
Post by: jbcollier on Thursday,January 25, 2024, 09:14:48 AM

Yes, the TCS levers were a one or two year item off a GT6.