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hilux hand brake

Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 5:40 pm
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??

cheers
Dom

Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 5:48 pm
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.

Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 7:27 pm
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

Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 8:22 pm
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?
cheers
DOm

Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 8:39 pm
by MissDrew
the rear drums need to be adjusted for the handbrake to work.

Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 8:56 am
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.

Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 5:25 pm
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