handbrake auto adjuster bust?

[steve_weegie]

Evening all,

I think my handbrake auto adjuster mechanism is broke... The brake pedal goes very far down towards the floor, before becoming solid and braking fine. If i pull the handbrake up 3 clicks, the rear brakes still haven't started to grip the disc and the brake pedal travel returns to normal.

Anybody had this problem before?

Cheers,

Steve

[fd]

very strange, sounds like the adjuster/piston have somehow become locked together . . . shouldn't happen of course, I'd try rewinding the piston back into the caliper and see what happens . . . this may, of course, render the car undrivable if it breaks something further . . .

Fd

[Rich H]

Top disclaimer there

[steve_weegie]

Yup, wierd indeed.... PM consensus seems to be that it's a knackered adjuster - probably on one side only... Dont want to scupper it completely before kames, so i'll give it some attention on Sunday. Its fine with the handbrake up 3 clicks

[RDH]

Yup, wierd indeed.... PM consensus seems to be that it's a knackered adjuster - probably on one side only... Dont want to scupper it completely before kames, so i'll give it some attention on Sunday. Its fine with the handbrake up 3 clicks

Just leave it in gear!