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timmydatooth · 04-19-2017, 08:21 PM

So I'm trying to swap out me e brake button. But I have no clue how to get it off. All the videos I've seen say to just twist it and it should come off. I've tried vice grips and turning it it in the direction of the passengers side seat but it just keeps spinning and spinning. It doesn't even feel like it's getting loose. Not loose enough to turn with my hand. Has anyone swapped out there ebrake button? Please help this is killing me lol.

15limited · 04-19-2017, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by timmydatooth

So I'm trying to swap out me e brake button. But I have no clue how to get it off. All the videos I've seen say to just twist it and it should come off. I've tried vice grips and turning it it in the direction of the passengers side seat but it just keeps spinning and spinning. It doesn't even feel like it's getting loose. Not loose enough to turn with my hand. Has anyone swapped out there ebrake button? Please help this is killing me lol.

The button just keeps spinning? My OEM button was on there pretty tight, had to clamp down hard with vice grips.

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timmydatooth · 04-19-2017, 09:11 PM

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The button just keeps spinning? My OEM button was on there pretty tight, had to clamp down hard with vice grips.

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Yeah like it keeps spinning as if it's not even getting loose. When I first spun with the vice grips I heard a snap or click noise and I thought I got it. But I guess not? Which way do u turn it to get it off?

15limited · 04-19-2017, 09:12 PM

Oh well in that case you might have broken the rod that the button screws onto, you'll have to pull your center console unless someone else knows something I don't?

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15limited · 04-19-2017, 09:20 PM

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Yeah like it keeps spinning as if it's not even getting loose. When I first spun with the vice grips I heard a snap or click noise and I thought I got it. But I guess not? Which way do u turn it to get it off?

You've lost function of the ebrake now right? Might have snapped the cable?

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timmydatooth · 04-19-2017, 09:50 PM

No ebrake still works fine. But the button is scratched up to hell

15limited · 04-19-2017, 09:59 PM

Yeah I f**ked mine up taking it off. I'm not sure then, it should spin off. Video? I'm not sure what the guts look like of the ebrake handle. I would assume the rod that the button threads onto goes down to a lever of some sort that pulls and releases the cable. Perhaps the rod broke free of however it is fasten to the bracket or hinge, allowing it to still function but letting the rod spin in place. Try pulling up, or out, on the button while unscrewing it.

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norcalpb · 04-19-2017, 11:01 PM

Keep turning it!

timmydatooth · 04-19-2017, 11:12 PM

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Keep turning it!

Haha I am! My freaking hand is sore now from turning so much! Gonna give it a rest and try to keep turning it tomorrow. I got it to the point now where I can twist it with my hands but it still doesn't seem like it's gonna come out

norcalpb · 04-20-2017, 12:37 AM

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Haha I am! My freaking hand is sore now from turning so much! Gonna give it a rest and try to keep turning it tomorrow. I got it to the point now where I can twist it with my hands but it still doesn't seem like it's gonna come out

have you tried removing the leather hand brake itself? I found I was better able to get a better grip on my e brake knob with tools. For me it took like 10 double-handed rotations with a set of pliers which destroyed my stock knob but I got that sucker off.

timmydatooth · 04-20-2017, 10:17 AM

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have you tried removing the leather hand brake itself? I found I was better able to get a better grip on my e brake knob with tools. For me it took like 10 double-handed rotations with a set of pliers which destroyed my stock knob but I got that sucker off.

I will try that today. It just bothers me because I see so many people take off the button without having to take off the hand brake cover. Is it really possible that the rod that the button is threaded on snapped and is just spinning every time I try to twist off the button?

KnightRyderx2 · 04-20-2017, 10:34 AM

If the rod snapped, you wouldn't have a functioning ebrake or at the most it will be intermittent. Also you will be able to just take the button out without screwing it and it will have a bit of the rod connected to it. There is a spring in there right under the button that provides the tension to keep the button up. The rod/button is very fine threaded and it takes a while for it to come off.

Like said you can take off the grip and it makes it all little easier and then you can kind of see whats going on in the ebrake. Its held on with a little bit of glue so just turn it side to side while pulling up and it will come off. I did it this way. Just make sure you are ready to stop once it comes off, if you go to crazy you will punch your head unit or something when it pops off.

timmydatooth · 04-20-2017, 10:37 AM

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If the rod snapped, you wouldn't have a functioning ebrake or at the most it will be intermittent. Also you will be able to just take the button out without screwing it and it will have a bit of the rod connected to it. There is a spring in there right under the button that provides the tension to keep the button up. The rod/button is very fine threaded and it takes a while for it to come off.

Like said you can take off the grip and it makes it all little easier and then you can kind of see whats going on in the ebrake. Its held on with a little bit of glue so just turn it side to side while pulling up and it will come off. I did it this way. Just make sure you are ready to stop once it comes off, if you go to crazy you will punch your head unit or something when it pops off.

if I take off the rubber grip part and ruin the glue that holds it, will it still look and feel the same when I slide it back on? or will it be all loose?

KnightRyderx2 · 04-20-2017, 10:42 AM

You wont really "ruin" the glue that holds it. It will still look and feel the same and it will not be loose after you put it back on. If you leave the car in the sun for little while that will warm up the glue and make it easier to take off. Its not a one time use glue, it's more of a rubber/silicone type of adhesive.

04-19-2017, 08:21 PM	#1
timmydatooth Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Drives: Scion Frs Location: Florida Posts: 342 Thanks: 74 Thanked 32 Times in 27 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	how to remove e brake button? So I'm trying to swap out me e brake button. But I have no clue how to get it off. All the videos I've seen say to just twist it and it should come off. I've tried vice grips and turning it it in the direction of the passengers side seat but it just keeps spinning and spinning. It doesn't even feel like it's getting loose. Not loose enough to turn with my hand. Has anyone swapped out there ebrake button? Please help this is killing me lol.

04-19-2017, 09:12 PM	#4
15limited Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Drives: BRZ Location: PNW Posts: 387 Thanks: 456 Thanked 150 Times in 113 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Oh well in that case you might have broken the rod that the button screws onto, you'll have to pull your center console unless someone else knows something I don't? Sent from my 2PQ93 using Tapatalk __________________ Perrin Transmission Bolt, Drift Button,Intake Tube, Radiator Hoses, Engine Mounts, Gurney Flap Diode Dynamics Always On Module OLM 3k HID Foglights GCS Smoked Side Markers Motul Gear 300/300 V OE Acantara arm rest Password JDM Dry Carbon rear diffuser Rally Armour Mud flaps H.I.C side & rear visor Gruppe-S UEL header/OP HKS Front Pipe Leg Sport Cat Back Koyorad aluminum radiator Wheelhaus CF low pro 3rd brake light Toms JDM Clear Tail Lamps

04-19-2017, 09:59 PM	#7
15limited Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Drives: BRZ Location: PNW Posts: 387 Thanks: 456 Thanked 150 Times in 113 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Yeah I fked mine up taking it off. I'm not sure then, it should spin off. Video? I'm not sure what the guts look like of the ebrake handle. I would assume the rod that the button threads onto goes down to a lever of some sort that pulls and releases the cable. Perhaps the rod broke free of however it is fasten to the bracket or hinge, allowing it to still function but letting the rod spin in place. Try pulling up, or out, on the button while unscrewing it. Sent from my 2PQ93 using Tapatalk __________________ Perrin Transmission Bolt, Drift Button,Intake Tube, Radiator Hoses, Engine Mounts, Gurney Flap Diode Dynamics Always On Module OLM 3k HID Foglights GCS Smoked Side Markers Motul Gear 300/300 V OE Acantara arm rest Password JDM Dry Carbon rear diffuser Rally Armour Mud flaps H.I.C side & rear visor Gruppe-S UEL header/OP HKS Front Pipe Leg Sport Cat Back Koyorad aluminum radiator Wheelhaus CF low pro 3rd brake light Toms** JDM Clear Tail Lamps

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04-19-2017, 09:50 PM	#6
timmydatooth Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Drives: Scion Frs Location: Florida Posts: 342 Thanks: 74 Thanked 32 Times in 27 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	No ebrake still works fine. But the button is scratched up to hell

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04-20-2017, 10:34 AM	#12
KnightRyderx2 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Drives: 2014 FR-S Location: Kansas City, should be the 808 Posts: 286 Thanks: 30 Thanked 141 Times in 100 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	If the rod snapped, you wouldn't have a functioning ebrake or at the most it will be intermittent. Also you will be able to just take the button out without screwing it and it will have a bit of the rod connected to it. There is a spring in there right under the button that provides the tension to keep the button up. The rod/button is very fine threaded and it takes a while for it to come off. Like said you can take off the grip and it makes it all little easier and then you can kind of see whats going on in the ebrake. Its held on with a little bit of glue so just turn it side to side while pulling up and it will come off. I did it this way. Just make sure you are ready to stop once it comes off, if you go to crazy you will punch your head unit or something when it pops off.

04-20-2017, 10:42 AM	#14
KnightRyderx2 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Drives: 2014 FR-S Location: Kansas City, should be the 808 Posts: 286 Thanks: 30 Thanked 141 Times in 100 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	You wont really "ruin" the glue that holds it. It will still look and feel the same and it will not be loose after you put it back on. If you leave the car in the sun for little while that will warm up the glue and make it easier to take off. Its not a one time use glue, it's more of a rubber/silicone type of adhesive.

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