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Handbrake, adjustment or renewal
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 1:33 pm
by dantheram
My handbrake lever is coming up a considerable distance from the centre column.
Read somewhere that it's likely to be that the cables need renewing as opposed to an adjustment (someone mentioned it's self adjusting??)
What are people's opinions?
Re: Handbrake, adjustment or renewal
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 7:34 pm
by alexperkins
The cables have adjustment on the base of the handbrake lever. The calipers are self adjusting as such but only to a point
Re: Handbrake, adjustment or renewal
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 12:48 am
by dantheram
I'm renewing the cables - one side is sticking like mad an the other isn't much better.
Re: Handbrake, adjustment or renewal
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:48 am
by alexperkins
If that's the case definitely renew
Re: Handbrake, adjustment or renewal
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 1:52 pm
by dantheram
any tips alex?
can you get at the screws without ripping the whole of the plastic trim off in the car?
Re: Handbrake, adjustment or renewal
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 2:51 pm
by alexperkins
If you remove the two plastic speed nuts under the gearstick gaitor, and the trim in front of the handbrake lever, you can lift the center console up enough to get to the nuts
Its two 10mm nuts from memory on each cable.