Na na you're all alright. This should fix your problem.
1) Back your hand brake cable off all the way with the in car adjuster.
2) Turn the car on.
3) Lift the hand brake all the way to the top and then down again.
4) Do this 10 times quite quickly.
5) Pump your foot hard up and down on the brake peddle 10 times.
6) Repeat steps 3 - 5 a good 5 or 6 times.
Then jack the car up and tighten the hand brake till the wheels or a wheel starts to just lock on the first click. Now test your hand brake.
Everything sorted?
Na na you're all alright. This should fix your problem.
1) Back your hand brake cable off all the way with the in car adjuster.
2) Turn the car on.
3) Lift the hand brake all the way to the top and then down again.
4) Do this 10 times quite quickly.
5) Pump your foot hard up and down on the brake peddle 10 times.
6) Repeat steps 3 - 5 a good 5 or 6 times.
Then jack the car up and tighten the hand brake till the wheels or a wheel starts to just lock on the first click. Now test your hand brake.
Everything sorted?
Good man tysonzane! tried this there now and has seemed to work!!! way,way better than what It was before. One wheel seems to be breaking a little bit more than the other side but not by very much. I will repeat the process again later on!
This is probably all that my handbrake needed from the very start, but it doesn't mention to do this anywhere that I have looked, even in the Haynes manual.
On the plus side I would say that I'd be able to change the rear brake pads in about 2 minutes blindfolded now
Big thanks to everyone who has replied to the thread, hopefully it will be able to help out other people who have been having similar problems.
Im going to rebook my NCT test, so hopefully this time it will pass .
Na na you're all alright. This should fix your problem.
1) Back your hand brake cable off all the way with the in car adjuster.
2) Turn the car on.
3) Lift the hand brake all the way to the top and then down again.
4) Do this 10 times quite quickly.
5) Pump your foot hard up and down on the brake peddle 10 times.
6) Repeat steps 3 - 5 a good 5 or 6 times.
Then jack the car up and tighten the hand brake till the wheels or a wheel starts to just lock on the first click. Now test your hand brake.
Everything sorted?
Na na you're all alright. This should fix your problem.
1) Back your hand brake cable off all the way with the in car adjuster.
2) Turn the car on.
3) Lift the hand brake all the way to the top and then down again.
4) Do this 10 times quite quickly.
5) Pump your foot hard up and down on the brake peddle 10 times.
6) Repeat steps 3 - 5 a good 5 or 6 times.
Then jack the car up and tighten the hand brake till the wheels or a wheel starts to just lock on the first click. Now test your hand brake.
Everything sorted?
Nice thread revival lol last post from 2012Hi Buddy When you say turn on Do you start engine and leave it running throughout
Also have one cable slightly longer than other on adjuster but handbrake slipping on hills
after changing calipers and cables as well but not sure if cables are faulty
Na na you're all alright. This should fix your problem.
1) Back your hand brake cable off all the way with the in car adjuster.
2) Turn the car on.
3) Lift the hand brake all the way to the top and then down again.
4) Do this 10 times quite quickly.
5) Pump your foot hard up and down on the brake peddle 10 times.
6) Repeat steps 3 - 5 a good 5 or 6 times.