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[terry paget]

My thanks to Fuse19 and NickW for tips. In fact I used a method I used on Senators and earlier Omegas. I fitted the spring and cap with the brake shoe to the side of the hub. I did the left hand pin (fixed behind) holding cap and spring ring end of a combination spanner while my son turned the pin head. The right hand pin, which can move backwards, was trickier.
I found an old brake repair kit dating back to Senator days, containing spare pins, springs and caps.

I glued cap to spring with instant adhesive, placed brake shoe over pin to side of the hub, using a 7mm socket pushed the spring and cap down over pin, turned the socket, and cap engaged on end of pin. Went on a treat. I suspect the different spring may have helped.

[terry paget]

Thia car eventually passed its MOT with the handbrake bodged. Its stablemate 2.2 failed, after the tester attacked it with a 2' prybar. Stripping it for spares, I removed the handbrake, in case the rusty adjuster still troubles me. Here it is, in fact that thread is on a rod attached to the handbrake lever.

[annihilator]

Of course it's attached to the handbrake lever,how else do you think it would work.The lack of knowledge and misinformation in this thread from so called omega experts is really quite comical 
If anyone does need a handbrake cable they are currently £6 on amazon prime.

[terry paget]

Of course it's attached to the handbrake lever,how else do you think it would work.The lack of knowledge and misinformation in this thread from so called omega experts is really quite comical 
If anyone does need a handbrake cable they are currently £6 on amazon prime.

Crushed again. I merely wondered which assembly I needed to replace the adjuster rod - turned out to be the whole handbrake.
Couldn't find your £6 handbrake cable, worth buying as a spare at that price. A joy of running a popular mass produced car is spares are available and cheap. I wonder what an Aston Martin handbrake cable costs?

[annihilator]

Here you go 
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Triscan-8140-24107-Cable-parking/dp/B00CFF7YFW

[Andy A]

Here you go 
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Triscan-8140-24107-Cable-parking/dp/B00CFF7YFW

I was just about to fit a Pagid handbrake cable from ECP and both cables are the same length.

The Amazon brake cable measurement are stating that they are a different for each cable. What is the correct length on each side for the handbrake cable for a 2.2i 2003 Omega please?

[annihilator]

Ignore the description they are all the same 

[Andy A]

Ignore the description they are all the same 

Do you mean that all the models of Omega are all use the same brake cable or do you mean the both sides of the cable are the same length?

Thanks

[Doctor Gollum]

Both

There is a bit of variation depending how they are measured, but fundamentally, the wheels are equidistant from the centre line, which by no coincidence is the position of the handbrake lever

[Nick W]

Both

There is a bit of variation depending how they are measured, but fundamentally, the wheels are equidistant from the centre line, which by no coincidence is the position of the handbrake lever

And you adjust each side separately, so it doesn't matter