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Handbrake: just replaced small problem

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 9:28 pm
by Drift
Hi ive just replace the left side handbrake cable and left caliper.
When i pull the handbrake the bit that joins the left and right cables is at the right angle but the left one pulls more than the right so my left wheel locks up.
Can anybody help?
Thanks

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 9:55 pm
by Starion_Turbo
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This part???

As far as I know there are no adjustments for the individual sides of the hand brake only for the cables as a pair (single nut at botom)


This is how mine sits when on.

Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 9:50 am
by Shannon
try not using it while the car is in motion.

Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 12:25 pm
by coop1er
I guess the right cable is stiffer or sticky compared to the
left one. Or maybe the mechanism in the right wheel is
sticky.

Try lubricating the cable and all levers etc associated with
the rh wheel.

Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 3:26 pm
by avandull
Mine is the same, got one of the cables renewed now that linkage is at an angle. Can be fixed by getting the cable company to make a matching pair of handbrake cables. The conduit that the cable runs in on your new one is a slightly different length to you old one.
I never bothered doing anything about mine, it still locks up the wheels ok when doing handbreakies.