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13th February 2018, 12:32 | #11 |
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The trouble with hand brakes are the people trying to yank them up through the floor, that’s how they get stretched, yanking them up across the ratchet, that’s what the release button is for, depress and pull up. Rev |
13th February 2018, 12:45 | #12 | |
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As per my earlier post.-------------------Be careful what you yank, I say.- |
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13th February 2018, 12:53 | #13 |
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I think out handbrakes are a great improvement over those fitted on the Rover 45. The handbrake mechanism connected to the rear caliper (no internal drum) has been an on going pain on mine.
Just fitting new rear calipers so hopefully will be OK for a while.... |
13th February 2018, 13:03 | #14 | |
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13th February 2018, 13:13 | #15 | |
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Ummm… patience…? I’m going to have to look that word up, as I don’t know it – is it French or something?
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Yeah I’ve always had to leave it in 1st. OK, I’ll persevere with impersonating an old woman driving along with a trail of smoke from the handbrake she forgot to take off two towns ago… Of course, that makes perfect sense. I was a biker back in the 70’s, and the difference between SLS and TLS front brakes was dramatic, so I thought why the hell don’t they do this on our handbrakes… but then of course bikes didn’t have to brake backwards
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13th February 2018, 13:49 | #16 |
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was it Renault Lagunas that used to role down hills even with handbrake on?
I think it was caused by the discs cooling and shrinking so the pads did not grip. The recall advert, Even when its standing still it's on the move or something very similar macafee2 |
13th February 2018, 14:19 | #17 | |
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13th February 2018, 18:01 | #18 | |
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Properly set up, with a modified compensator, decent shoes and drum - the handbrake is as good as any. Unlike many cars, the 75 uses a completely separate handbrake system from what ever the hydraulic system uses for its brakes - be they pads or shoes, the result is the shoes and drums get little use in braking the car to a stop - and there lies the fix... Make a point of giving it some work to do. Where you can safely do it, apply the handbrake as you come to a stop - the final yard or two will do it, just to keep the drums free of rust and dirt. My handbrake was rubbish when I got the car and nothing annoys me more than a less than perfect handbrake. Within weeks it was perfect, once I had worked out that one of the issues was the compensator, designed a fix and has stayed that way ever since, by simply using it. The unofficial Rover fix, was to drive the car with handbrake lightly applied, around a car park to clean the accumulated rust and dirt off the drums. Take a look at my How To link below.
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Harry How To's and items I offer for free, or just to cover the cost of my expenses... http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...40#post1764540 Fix a poor handbrake; DIY ABS diagnostic unit; Loan of the spanner needed to change the CDT belts; free OBD diagnostics +MAF; Correct Bosch MAF cheap; DVB-T install in an ex-hi-line system; DD install with a HK amp; FBH servicing. I've taken a vow of poverty. To annoy me, send money. |
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13th February 2018, 18:09 | #19 | |
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Logically a twin leading shoe would only work well for one direction of rotation - pretty useless for a handbrake to hold a car on both a up slope or down slope.
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Harry How To's and items I offer for free, or just to cover the cost of my expenses... http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...40#post1764540 Fix a poor handbrake; DIY ABS diagnostic unit; Loan of the spanner needed to change the CDT belts; free OBD diagnostics +MAF; Correct Bosch MAF cheap; DVB-T install in an ex-hi-line system; DD install with a HK amp; FBH servicing. I've taken a vow of poverty. To annoy me, send money. |
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13th February 2018, 18:17 | #20 |
Posted a thing or two
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'slop' never heard it described as that before, I always think of the car 'sitting down' after applying the handbrake.
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