cant get a handbrake

scottambrose · 24th November 2009, 17:18

i tried to adjust my handbrake following the nomal procedure. but its still like 8 clicks and even then not great it creaks on a hill. the lever end is at 25mm max level and if i adjust the wheel any more it will lock when the handbrakes off so im stumped. any ideas. could the cables be nackered.

pab · 24th November 2009, 17:25

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Tootall · 24th November 2009, 17:27

Remove the nut from under the handbrake and add a couple of washers behind it, i did this to mine the other week car now stops on 5 clicks and it passed the MOT.

SD1too · 24th November 2009, 19:17

Scott,

Leave it alone and drive the car normally, applying the handbrake whenever stationary. After a couple of weeks you'll find its performance will improve; at least that's what I've found.

It's a BMW design.

Simon.

bl52krz · 24th November 2009, 20:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tootall

Remove the nut from under the handbrake and add a couple of washers behind it, i did this to mine the other week car now stops on 5 clicks and it passed the MOT.

naughty boy. that is not the correct way to "adjust" the handbrake.
that way is to only adjust the stretched cables.
the correct way is to take the rear wheels off, then adjust at the drums.

Keith · 25th November 2009, 20:52

Here you go

http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...ad.php?t=42404

24th November 2009, 17:18	#1
scottambrose Regular poster zt 190 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: barnstaple devon Posts: 92 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	cant get a handbrake i tried to adjust my handbrake following the nomal procedure. but its still like 8 clicks and even then not great it creaks on a hill. the lever end is at 25mm max level and if i adjust the wheel any more it will lock when the handbrakes off so im stumped. any ideas. could the cables be nackered.

24th November 2009, 17:27	#3
Tootall Gets stuck in ZTT - CDTi Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: sat at my laptop Posts: 609 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Remove the nut from under the handbrake and add a couple of washers behind it, i did this to mine the other week car now stops on 5 clicks and it passed the MOT. __________________ Ex-Longbridge track monkey.

24th November 2009, 19:17	#4
SD1too Doesn't do things by halves Rover 75 2.5 Connoisseur Auto (1999) Dealer launch model. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Former Middlesex Posts: 20,379 Thanks: 1,587 Thanked 3,749 Times in 3,181 Posts	Scott, Leave it alone and drive the car normally, applying the handbrake whenever stationary. After a couple of weeks you'll find its performance will improve; at least that's what I've found. It's a BMW design. Simon. __________________ "Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble." Sir Henry Royce.

24th November 2009, 17:25	#2
pab Banned MG ZT V6 190+ Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Leeds Posts: 33,223 Thanks: 41 Thanked 1,614 Times in 1,416 Posts	there is an excellent ''how to'' on here on adjusting the handbrake and handbrake shoe adjustment,loads of stuff. why not subscribe and view a wealth of information.

25th November 2009, 20:52	#6
Keith This is my second home ZT400 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ellesmere Posts: 5,948 Thanks: 0 Thanked 43 Times in 29 Posts	Here you go http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...ad.php?t=42404