Hi,
I had this issue for a while now and it was difficult to get my car through MOT.
I'm not sure what is normal in this car, but handbrake lever required quite a loot of force to pull up. Resistance begins after first ratchet click and it takes a fair bit of force to pull it 5 clicks. At this point car will still roll on a medium incline. I can pull it to 6 clicks and it will hold but on a steeper hill it will still roll. 7 clicks takes an effort.
Even at 7 clicks car will roll forward on first gear and slow clutch release with no throttle.
What has been done:
2 years ago replaced both discs, pads and one caliper (was siezed).
This march replaced both handbrake cables as they were freezeing. All stripped and cleaned, all slide pins free and greased. Reaplaced pads again after driving for half a mile with frozen cables (was binding a bit) as I thought i cooked them.
When removing cables from calipers handbrake lever moves freely with no resistance and just clicks.
Levers on calipers are quite difficult to move by hand, but using mole grips they are free and return to stops properly.
I'm lost now, pretty much everything is new and it's still not holding as it should. When i drove with stuck handbrake for half a mile discs were very hot, could that cause them to become slippery? Or is the problem cheap pads?
Thank for help.
Greg
I had this issue for a while now and it was difficult to get my car through MOT.
I'm not sure what is normal in this car, but handbrake lever required quite a loot of force to pull up. Resistance begins after first ratchet click and it takes a fair bit of force to pull it 5 clicks. At this point car will still roll on a medium incline. I can pull it to 6 clicks and it will hold but on a steeper hill it will still roll. 7 clicks takes an effort.
Even at 7 clicks car will roll forward on first gear and slow clutch release with no throttle.
What has been done:
2 years ago replaced both discs, pads and one caliper (was siezed).
This march replaced both handbrake cables as they were freezeing. All stripped and cleaned, all slide pins free and greased. Reaplaced pads again after driving for half a mile with frozen cables (was binding a bit) as I thought i cooked them.
When removing cables from calipers handbrake lever moves freely with no resistance and just clicks.
Levers on calipers are quite difficult to move by hand, but using mole grips they are free and return to stops properly.
I'm lost now, pretty much everything is new and it's still not holding as it should. When i drove with stuck handbrake for half a mile discs were very hot, could that cause them to become slippery? Or is the problem cheap pads?
Thank for help.
Greg
