Handbrake & Mot
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I don’t think the number of clicks matter, but the testers will know better.
This is a strange issue for a 23 plate though - unless all is well if you pull the lever up further?
John
This is a strange issue for a 23 plate though - unless all is well if you pull the lever up further?
John
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Clicks doesn't matter. Subject to being some reserve travel.
Efficiency does matter. What car?
Clicks, so not an electric handbrake though
Efficiency does matter. What car?
Clicks, so not an electric handbrake though
Clio, I expect its been stood in dealers yard for a while and auto adjusters maybe siezed, it doesn't hold on drive untill yanked up fully, so its going in under waranty for that and a few other silly faults, I advised her not to buy it but she liked the colour ! And thank f##k its not an electric handbrake !
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I'd usually expect around 5 -8 clicks on Clio.
But if it's warranty they will sort it
But if it's warranty they will sort it
Just bought - take it back to be fixed by the garage who sold it to you
Just what we are going to do
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And put your Left foot on & fully depress the clutch pedal when starting the car. (it eases the load on the starter motor and battery!) Right foot on the brake pedal to operate the brakes.
The lower the number of clicks, the more force you can apply to set the handbrake on. If there is an excessive number of clicks, then the handbrake lever can be near vertical, so your arm has much less leverage.
When I bought my present car, it had just passed it's MOT, with 7 clicks, which I found awkward to apply fully, and near useless in an emergency. It has a combined adjuster at front, under the lever, which had been tightened all the way, a compensator, which had deformed and stretched under the strain, and independent manual shoe adjusters, at the hubs. My first job on the car, was to sort that useless handbrake out....
Some owners, had fitted new cables, thinking the cables might have stretched, rather than the compensator - cables cannot stretch, apply too much load, they simply snap.
I took the compensator out, reshaped it, to the correct shape, size, then reinforced it, then refitted it. Then I correctly adjusted the shoes at the hub, before finally setting it to three clicks at the front. Since when, my handbrake has been as good as any vehicle I have ever driven. I can lock the rear wheels moving on the road.
It turned out that compensator stretch, was due to inadequate design, and I ended up refurbishing and reinforcing hundreds of these for other owners.
A BMW in all but name - Rover 75
Wot I do with a drum braked vehicle......
I give the self adjusters 2 or 3 extra clicks and check for an even pull each side;
If it has discs on the back and brake caliper, make sure the pads are completely free and the caliper is good and clean and the stops are right back;
If it’s disc/ drum turn the adjusters so the shoes are just rubbing - and I mean just!
John
I give the self adjusters 2 or 3 extra clicks and check for an even pull each side;
If it has discs on the back and brake caliper, make sure the pads are completely free and the caliper is good and clean and the stops are right back;
If it’s disc/ drum turn the adjusters so the shoes are just rubbing - and I mean just!
John
The time ever, that I tried to set drum brakes, an A40 with rod brakes on the rear, I just couldn't stop the pedal play, no matter how many times I adjusted them. I was under the impression, then, that you set them not to rub. I ended up seeking the advice of an old time mechanic, who said just to set them up rubbing, so long as there's no appreciable drag, they're fine.
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