handbrake adjuster?????

[noney82]

can anyone tell me where the hand break adjuster is on a e36? 1993

[DaveD]

try this

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=34&fg=30

[noney82]

thanks dave but which bit is it lol is it under the car?
not good with these drawing yet

[andrewe30m3]

no need to get under the car... pull back the handbrake gator and there are 2 bolts either side which just need tightening. to do the handbrake on a e36 should take no longer than 5-10 mins.

that includes washing your hands after!!

[noney82]

ahhhhh sounds good to me thank you both for you info, car failed mot on no reserve, is the adjuster in same place on e30??? the e36 is my mums

[noney82]

i guess the 2 bolts are for each wheel?

[dazleeds]

e30 also has adjusters on the lever

but its advisable to do it properly at the rear wheel adjusters rather than lever
as you may stretch the cables and snap cable


would guess that an e36 also has adjusters at the wheels too

[Chris-W]

The bolts at the lever aren't really for adjusting the handbrake up - they're just to take up the slack in the cables.

[noney82]

sorry chris not sorted anything with you yet about the car just at the mo everything is going pear shaped with mums car, still not got the mot cos i cant adjust the handbrake up and you was right about the lever bolts they havent done anything. i just need to get the reserve back to pass the mot, cars stree you out at the wrong time,

[Chris-W]

You should be able to get to the handbrake adjuster through a hole in the drum/disc with a flat head screwdriver. Adjust until you feel a little resistance on moving the drum/disc.

Give me cash of the car & will do the handbrake whilst I'm viewing the car

[noney82]

just had a look not got drums on the back its discs mot booked for 3o'clock tomorrow URGENT HELP REQUIRED

[Sanchez]

drums or discs should be the same.

shine a tourch in hrough one of the wheel bolt hole and either at 12oclock or 6oclock there should be a cog.
push a flat head screwdriver through the wheel bolt hole to turn the cog anticlockwise or clockwise, one tightens one lossens.
Tighten untill you just hear the drums rubbing the lossen a little.

Do that help?

[noney82]

done that thank you sanchez, now for my next question lol the cable is slack as hell you can see it with the gatter off, there are 2 bolts on either side, one is a 12 mm and the other is 9 i think, im guessin the small one is to stop the other winding back so should i be able to hold the small one and tighten the 12mm the wind the 9 mm up to it?? see phone should help a bit if i dont make sense lol

these are the 13mm and 9mm im on about

[noney82]

all done thank you all for your help on that one, big sorry to chrisw for not arranging a day for him to come look at the e30, can we try for monday?

just for future info here is where you will find the little cog to adjust the handbrake,
DRIVERS SIDE about 10 to the hour


PASSENGER SIDE about 10 past the hour

[Sanchez]

all done thank you all for your help on that one, big sorry to chrisw for not arranging a day for him to come look at the e30, can we try for monday?

just for future info here is where you will find the little cog to adjust the handbrake,
DRIVERS SIDE about 10 to the hour


PASSENGER SIDE about 10 past the hour

thats on a e36 remember, on the E30 drums its 12oclock, but not sure about rear discs.

[noney82]

i'll let you all know on the e30 discs soon as im doin mine now iv done my mums, and the good news is her passed its retest today