Handbrake & Mot

[norseman]

I can't help thinking that there must be a clue in fully applying the HB just before the car comes to a stop, almost as if the slowly rotating drums are setting the shoes.
One one occasion this week, following the above method, not only did the HB hold the car when idling in drive, I could actually increase the revs. by a couple of hundred & the car still didn't move.

Full application when the car is already stationary results in the car still creeping forward, often accompanied by groaning noises from the rear.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I can't help thinking that there must be a clue in fully applying the HB just before the car comes to a stop, almost as if the slowly rotating drums are setting the shoes.

In my car, the HB is an entirely separate system to the disc brakes. The only use the drums and shoes get, is for the HB - so the inside surface of the drums rust. Rust is a fairly good lubricant, and makes the HB much less effective. Just a little use, on the move, prevents the rust, polishes the inside of the drum, and makes the HB extremely effective.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

My mother in law expects

You're never going to win that one.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

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• ReganAndCarter
• 1 Dec 2024

My handbrake, nose up, would hold on that. I would be less confident of it holding, tail up, because rear tyres tend to dig in better, nose up.