2nd Gen R56 Cooper S Most liked posts in thread: JCW brake handle install question

  1. Nathan

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    #2 Nathan, Dec 22, 2009
    The attachment below is the MINI PDF on doing the install.
     

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    #3 k-huevo, Dec 22, 2009
    That handle wasn’t thought out very well. I tried a few different approaches to securing it and the adhesive they say to use is worthless. Good luck with the challenge.
     
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    #4 PGT, Dec 23, 2009
    I did a friction fit....wrapped the metal with 3M electrical tape....in a criss-cross pattern. It will still wiggle side to side in the summer...if you try.
     
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    #5 howsoonisnow1985, Dec 24, 2009
    I used a thinner double sided tape from Home Depot and it has worked great hot or cold, no wiggles, its solid.
     
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    #6 maacodale, Dec 24, 2009
    You guys rock! (Of course you already knew that!) Several different approaches to the same problem. Us MINI owners are inventive if nothing else. Owning a body shop I've got two way tape in 3 different sizes and two different brands of epoxy adhesives (Fusor and 3M/Dura-Mix). I think we're gonna try the electrical tape first just to see if he likes the JCW handle. That would be the easiest reversible method. After that,I think we're going with the two tape and if that looks iffy, it's the 2 parter!

    Thanks again guys!
     
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    #7 k-huevo, Dec 24, 2009
    Double side tape and electrical tape were the first attempts; neither could handle the heat.
     
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    #8 maacodale, Dec 24, 2009
    Ah Ha! My worries exactly. Might be looking at the Fusor adhesive as a firststep now then. Thanks!
     
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    #9 Batrugger, Dec 24, 2009
    We could never get the handle to mount solidly in the wife's car. We tried tape and adhesives and it would always eventually work it's way loose. I really don't know what they were thinking when they designed that handle. I finally got a Whalen handle for her that matched her shift knob and it is really solid and looks great.
     
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    #10 rkw, Dec 25, 2009
    Anybody else seeing the humor in this thread?

    Imagine that this is a forum for some other car, and you were reading about people who bought the most premium upgrade brake handle from the manufacturer, and having to install it (with only partial success) by wrapping it with tape and force fitting it.
     
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    #11 Metalman, Dec 25, 2009
    It's sad that MINI and JCW for that matter would put out a half baked product like this. That's not how John Cooper would have wanted it done.

    It's almost like the guy's in the white lab coats (who eat sandwiches with a knife and fork) said......"Look it's 4:30 on a Friday, let's get this wrapped up and get out'ta here" :frown2:
     
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    #12 maacodale, Dec 25, 2009
    Good damn point! Thank goodness the JCW mechanical parts work and fit better. Wait, they do don't they?...........
     
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    #13 wrh3, Jun 20, 2010
    I just installed this last week and the tape method worked OK but with the heat here in Atlanta I didn't think it would hold up. I ended up using E6000 (E-6000 Benefits/Strength Test pg) and let it cure about 24 hours before use. It is solid and sat in the heat at Road Atlanta yesterday for hours and still felt solid when I got in the car to go home. I have used E6000 in past projects and it has always held up well.

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