Handbrake adjustment procedure

[Brian H]

Hi all,

What is the best way to adjust the handbrake, I know that there are separate adjusters for the handbrake shoes and cables etc. I am more referring to the method of doing this?

Do I pull the handbrake lever on for a couple of clicks then adjust until the wheels no longer turn or do I leave the lever in the off position and adjust until the wheels just begin to bind on to the shoes?

Help Pls.

Ta

Brian

 

[andyglym]

Hi all,

What is the best way to adjust the handbrake, I know that there are separate adjusters for the handbrake shoes and cables etc. I am more referring to the method of doing this?

Do I pull the handbrake lever on for a couple of clicks then adjust until the wheels no longer turn or do I leave the lever in the off position and adjust until the wheels just begin to bind on to the shoes?

Help Pls.

Ta

Brian

Hello Brian

Slack off the two nuts under the handbrake leaver, pull up 4 clicks only then adjust your shoes accordingly then tighten up the nuts under the handbrake and test.

HTH's?

Andy

 

[Brian H]

Thanks Andy

then adjust your shoes accordingly

What is accordingly? until the shoes just bind?

 

[t-tony]

My method is this Brian. Slacken the cable adjusters right off (to the end of the adjuster thread). I then tighten the shoe adjusters until the brake locks, then tap the edge of the drum to centralise the shoes and see if they'll adjuster any further. I then back off the shoe adjuster until I can turn the drum by hanf(3-4 clicks). Then I readjust the cables to leave 4-5 clicks to lock the wheels.

Tony.

 

[andyglym]

Thanks Andy



What is accordingly? until the shoes just bind?

Sorry, yes. As Tony says, until the drum binds then slacken off a tad then tighten up and test.

 

[Brian H]

Perfect boys, thanks

 

[andyglym]

Perfect boys, thanks

Maybe a bit late in the day Brian but I used this site. It has a full pictorial guide for the shoes/handbrake.

 

[andyglym]

Perfect boys, thanks

https://www.google.co.uk/url?url=ht....1j4.64.mobile-gws-hp..1.14.863.3.YcrEOW3JjqQ