handbrake not holding

hi my handbrake is not holding on steep hills its been fully adjusted cables are free drums cleaned shoes cleaned with sand paper any ideas please

An anchor.

Are your brake shoes worn - they may need replaced, if OK then check the self adjuster mechanism is working so that the shoes are correctly spaced in relation to the drum. Otherwise maybe the drums are worn.

hiya

my handbrake would actually stick on and wouldnt hold the car either and found the lever adjusters kept sticking and found the brake shoes worn

replaced the brake shoes and greased up the cable.

its now fine and comes up 3 clicks on the handbrake

or like the other guys say maybe the brake drums may be worn

gary

thanks for that i'll check tomorrow

Hummm, my hand brake was sticking a few months ago, the problem then went away and now the hand brake doesn't work unless u really pull it on hard then seems fine. Passed its MOT yesterday tho so guess they must see it as safe. I always leave it in gear and avoid steep hills to be sure

Something I learned from the past (51 years) is that I always use (except in wintertime) the handbrakes, this to avoid the sticking or bad functioning of one of the parts of it, when used regularly it has tendency to keep working ok.