A Black Melted Wire?

1. RustySkull Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Oct 2009 Basildon And Corringham, Essex Posts: 5179 MK1 Focus RS, Discovery TD5, Renault Trafic 2.0

   #1 1st December 2010, 14:26

   Hi Friends, Today the snow pulled my brake line off, and as I was fixing it I noticed a Black Thick wire that seems to have been melted?
   
   Any idea what it's for?
   
   I don't think it matters as it must have been like it for some time now lol.
   
   
2. user_31412 Established Member Joined: Feb 2009 ★ West / North Yorkshire ★ Posts: 1653

   #2 1st December 2010, 14:32

   It looks like just the handbrake cable outer plastic?
3. RustySkull Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Oct 2009 Basildon And Corringham, Essex Posts: 5179 MK1 Focus RS, Discovery TD5, Renault Trafic 2.0

   #3 1st December 2010, 14:34

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by outrage_uk It looks like just the handbrake cable outer plastic?

   Well it looks like it has Electrical Wires inside, Some metal anyway, and the brake line is the long cable above it
4. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #4 1st December 2010, 16:29

   It looks just like the plastic sheathing on the brake cable,nothing to worry about.
   
   Steve.
5. RustySkull Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Oct 2009 Basildon And Corringham, Essex Posts: 5179 MK1 Focus RS, Discovery TD5, Renault Trafic 2.0

   #5 1st December 2010, 16:31

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by stevo67 It looks just like the plastic sheathing on the brake cable,nothing to worry about. Steve.

   Mmm might be, it goes up under the wheel arch though, and it's really hard wire lol.
6. Stevo123 Established Member Joined: Apr 2009 Redcar Posts: 1971 2000 Posi Blue vtr

   #6 1st December 2010, 20:04

   Handbrake cable (numpty!) lol Crappy day to fix your car brrrr
7. user_31412 Established Member Joined: Feb 2009 ★ West / North Yorkshire ★ Posts: 1653

   #7 1st December 2010, 20:38

   Yeah the handbrake cable has a metal shielding then outer plastic. If its badly knackered you'll need a new one come MOT time but its fine for now and yep its shitty weather for doing that.
8. RustySkull Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Oct 2009 Basildon And Corringham, Essex Posts: 5179 MK1 Focus RS, Discovery TD5, Renault Trafic 2.0

   #8 1st December 2010, 20:55

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by outrage_uk Yeah the handbrake cable has a metal shielding then outer plastic. If its badly knackered you'll need a new one come MOT time but its fine for now and yep its shitty weather for doing that.

   Well, at least I know now lol. I didn't make sense because both ends go up into the wheel arch inside and it's melted, not cut lol.
   
   And yes it wasn't fun lol but my brake line was dragging on the floor so I had to do it lol. Damn snow! It got me sacked today also!