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hilux hand brake

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hilux hand brake

Post by dominic »

my hand brake only works half the time,
if the front of the car is facing down the incline it does nothing.
if the front of the car is facing up the incline it works ok.
i have a long range tank installed and the cable has to strech a bit around it but i have adjusted it and it makes no differance.
am i missing something?
should i try adding an extension(can make up load bearing cables at work)so that the cabke is not tight and adjust the cable back to its standard position??

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Post by MissDrew »

Are you`re rear drums in good working order? More oftne then not they want be, even more so if you have ever driven it threw mud.
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Post by BOGAN V8 »

Guts wrote:Are you`re rear drums in good working order? More oftne then not they want be, even more so if you have ever driven it threw mud.

Totally agree with this one mud sucks the life outta them and they dont work for sh1t pull the drums off and have a good look and give them a clean if needed
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Post by dominic »

the drums are pretty good.
i had my brakes done late last year(bout dec)and when i did my rear wheel bearings everything looked in order..is there more adjustment insdie the drum for teh hand brake?
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Post by MissDrew »

the rear drums need to be adjusted for the handbrake to work.
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Post by Gribble »

Take it back to the place you got it done at and kick up a stink about the brakes not "Self Adjusting" since you guys touched it and "Not working well" since you guys touched it etc etc. They will probably do it for free, it doesn't take long.
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Post by dominic »

only prob with that is that i am now in sydney and the place where i got my brakes done is in perth...
mmmmm,another raod trip maybe??

Dom
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