3 years ago my hand brake stopped working I stripped it down, replaced the cable... I don't think I replaced the shoes.
One of my pet hates was always that a new cable was right on the end of its adjustment.
So I am not in the same scenario again. I have the adjustment screw on the handbrake mechanism (wind in bolt) right at the edge of stop/no stop (i.e there is no free travel).
I have just replaced the cable knowing it wouldn't fix it but hoping it would..
I now have a working hand-brake but its right on the edge again both in terms of
1. hand brake is fully up with hardly any feeling of resistance.
2. The adjustment screw is set correctly.
3. the cable adjustment is set at the far end of adjustment.
Thoughts ? I could get new shoes but I assume that would only help if there were free play in the cable? i.e pulling the handbrake were moving the mechanism considerably before it stops.
I have the rear prop off so before I sign off and accept its now an MOT pass but not something I am comfortable with I wanted to ask "what say you" ?
I can whip it off and have a look inside but I know the pads were a pig to get on last time so I was hoping to avoid.
One of my pet hates was always that a new cable was right on the end of its adjustment.
So I am not in the same scenario again. I have the adjustment screw on the handbrake mechanism (wind in bolt) right at the edge of stop/no stop (i.e there is no free travel).
I have just replaced the cable knowing it wouldn't fix it but hoping it would..
I now have a working hand-brake but its right on the edge again both in terms of
1. hand brake is fully up with hardly any feeling of resistance.
2. The adjustment screw is set correctly.
3. the cable adjustment is set at the far end of adjustment.
Thoughts ? I could get new shoes but I assume that would only help if there were free play in the cable? i.e pulling the handbrake were moving the mechanism considerably before it stops.
I have the rear prop off so before I sign off and accept its now an MOT pass but not something I am comfortable with I wanted to ask "what say you" ?
I can whip it off and have a look inside but I know the pads were a pig to get on last time so I was hoping to avoid.