adjusting handbrake cable

[Dancliovalver]

how do u adjust your hand brake to make it MOT passable efficient??

took black valver into get MOTd today and it failed misserably

- offside front anti-roll bar linkage fractured
- nearside rear sil excessivly corroded
- offside sill excessivly corroded
- offside front brake caliper securing device excessivly deteriorated
- nearside front wheel bearing has excessive play
- nearside and offside front tyres not fitted in accordance to the side wall instuctions ( just need swapping round with each other)
- parking brake efficiency below requirments
- and all the emmisions have failed

I can do all of them quite easily apart from the parking brake one, is it a simple job or will i be needed to start taking things apart and replacing things

[MAXIBOY]

can remove the exhaust heatshield and ajust the cables but might mean the rear calipers need replacing..

[richy]

yep as maxi says it could be the calipers themselfs, best checking they actually move fully where the cables go into

[Dancliovalver]

cheers guys, what normally goes wrong with the caliper and is there anythibg i can do to fix it, i have another caliper but hate bleeding brakes lol

[BristolSam16v]

Can be a number of things, just had a look at my caliper earlier and its ****ed, when you move the lever for the hand brack on the caliper it doesnt move the piston at all :(

Ideally you'll need a new caliper they pop up on ebay fairly often for around £50-60.

[DanClio]

GSF sell them for 62.50 or something dont they?


Dan

[BristolSam16v]

Yeah but then after VAT and £30 surcharge it totals at £108.69

[DanClio]

Oh right. Might be able to get brand new renault one for about £60 each... dono if there will a surcharge on those tho. I'm in need of some as well.


Dan

[BristolSam16v]

£60 where's that??

[DanClio]

Well it would be a mate sorting me out But I can have a word and see if he will do more at a bigger discount, need to get a group buy going.

Dan