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handbrake auto adjuster bust?
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:52 pm
by 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
Re: handbrake auto adjuster bust?
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:42 pm
by 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
Re: handbrake auto adjuster bust?
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:09 pm
by Rich H
Top disclaimer there
Re: handbrake auto adjuster bust?
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:46 pm
by 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
Re: handbrake auto adjuster bust?
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:25 am
by RDH
steve_weegie wrote: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!