handbrake wierdness

Post Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:20 pm

when i try and adjust my handbrake (disk setup) i'm getting some odd stuff going on.

i loosen the cables right off to the limit, then turn the adjuster in the drum part until the handbrake shoes start to drag, the loosen off. i then tighten up the cables to remove the slack.

now, when i put the handbrake on, the shoes lock onto the disk/drum but are free to rotate a few degrees. this means, for example, when i find the biting point of the clutch during a hill start, i can feel the car move a bit forwards before the handbrake stops it.

it's got new disks, pads and handbrake shoe and all of the linkages are free. the handbrake has loads of power, it's just this one annoyance!

i don't get it!!!!!!!!!

Post Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:59 pm

I have the very same extremely annoying problem, what are we doing wrong ?

Please help

Cheers,

Iain T

Post Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:39 am

Yep Hands up me too. That makes three.

I think it's due to the adjusters being set in the correct order, but i got pissed off trying and live with it

Post Tue Apr 19, 2005 2:03 am

My Tourer,previous coupe and saloon all did this,never got hauled up on MOT,I just figured by now it's an E30 thing

Post Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:42 pm

ho hum... it's better than it was now i've adjusted but i can't remove all of the rotational play without the brakes binding.

it's like a land rover like this! (handbrake on the centre prop!)

Post Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:39 pm

gareth wrote:ho hum... it's better than it was now i've adjusted but i can't remove all of the rotational play without the brakes binding.

it's like a land rover like this! (handbrake on the centre prop!)

I remember that on my old series three Landy,its like parking as they all do in American films!