78 Series Hand brake

[TroopiePete]

Hi
Had a few issues with my Hand Brake, I had it adjusted it worked for one day, went out to Land cruiser park took it into a mud pit at the pig pen, got stuck, after the hand brake and Alternator would not work, fixed the Alternator but the hand brake is still not good! I adjusted it this time, it worked for a few weeks but is starting to fail again..
Could I have a cable problem - is this a standard thing with Toyota's as my old Prado was not much better.

[+dj_hansen+]

Unfortunately its a standard toyota thing!

Make sure you adjust as per the Toyota FSM, ie: back the cable right off, adjust the drums and then adjust the cable. Most people just tighten the cable only which causes headaches as it stretches.

Some further ideas on here:
http://www.agroautomotive.net/apps/phot ... id=4645340
http://www.hoppers.com.au/brake%20kits/ ... ochure.pdf
http://www.exploroz.com/Forum/Topic/459 ... _case.aspx
http://www.lcool.org/technical/80_series/handbrake.html
http://offroad80s.com/page.php?p=assass ... 979e774749

From the Bible....

80 Series


Handbrake upgrades and adjustment
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic168 ... =handbrake
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic963 ... =handbrake
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic648 ... =handbrake
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic518 ... =handbrake
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic403 ... =handbrake
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic151 ... =handbrake
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic134 ... =handbrake
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic344 ... =handbrake

[TroopiePete]

Thanks for the ideas.

interested to know if anyone has used either of the methods.