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Hello all,

How is the ebrake handle removed? I'm referring to just the plastic handle.

Thanks ,
Joseph

It is held on by adhesive: you need to pull and twist to break it free.
I didn't use a heat gun, wasn't at all sure that would help!

Sweet. Thanks!

I had to destroy mine to get it off. After the rechrome, I replaced it with one from Dean.

Yusef, Did you know that those handles will clean up and look like new if not damaged?

Yes, I saw another post about polishing and I already performed a polish on the shift knob - hoping to do the same on the ebrake, but definitely seems stuck on there!

If that’s all you’re looking to do, that can be accomplished with the handle installed...

I just sanded the white material off from mine. then used finer sandpaper and then polishing compound.

You did this with the handle in the car?

If yours is good it’s very easy to sand and polish with handle in the car
Removing it can be a real pain , mine had so much dried glue in there that even heating with a heat gun didn’t do anything in the end same as John I had to brake it off

yusef wrote: Tue Dec 08, 2020 7:17 pm You did this with the handle in the car?

yes, yusef, it didn't take long and wasn't difficult. I probably scraped the worst of it off with my pocket knife before sanding. It is like many other surfaces, When polishing alloy wheels and clear-coat paint you start with medium sand paper and finish up with polishing compound.

Okay. I might try that, I was worried about making a mess, but I can set something up to prevent debris from getting everywhere. Thanks for the input!