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[manny]

Done a few jobs on car today so while tools were out i decided to adjust handbrake.No matter how hard i looked i could not see the adjusting wheels .I could see the adjuster but not the knurled wheel.Do they have self adjusting shoes on face lift or am i a blind git.

[Bandit127]

Done a few jobs on car today so while tools were out i decided to adjust handbrake.No matter how hard i looked i could not see the adjusting wheels .I could see the adjuster but not the knurled wheel.Do they have self adjusting shoes on face lift or am i a blind git.

All the info you need is in the Maint section.

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[Lizzie_Zoom]

Done a few jobs on car today so while tools were out i decided to adjust handbrake.No matter how hard i looked i could not see the adjusting wheels .I could see the adjuster but not the knurled wheel.Do they have self adjusting shoes on face lift or am i a blind git.

No, you have to peer through a drilled hole at the top of the handbrake shoe drum, incorporated in the rear discs, to see the knurled wheel. Use a torch and keep adjusting the hubs position until you can see it.  Turning it with a screwdriver locks it one way, then free's it off in the other direction.

However, when doing the handbrake it is very advisable to fully strip down the brakes, clean, reassemble and after removing the heat shields over the exhaust / under the handbrake adjust the whole handbrake system using the adjusting nut on the cable yoke and the knurled wheels behind the rear drums/discs following the guide on the oof or the instructions in the Haynes Manual. 8-) 8-)
 

[manny]

Done a few jobs on car today so while tools were out i decided to adjust handbrake.No matter how hard i looked i could not see the adjusting wheels .I could see the adjuster but not the knurled wheel.Do they have self adjusting shoes on face lift or am i a blind git.

No, you have to peer through a drilled hole at the top of the handbrake shoe drum, incorporated in the rear discs, to see the knurled wheel. Use a torch and keep adjusting the hubs position until you can see it.  Turning it with a screwdriver locks it one way, then free's it off in the other direction.

However, when doing the handbrake it is very advisable to fully strip down the brakes, clean, reassemble and after removing the heat shields over the exhaust / under the handbrake adjust the whole handbrake system using the adjusting nut on the cable yoke and the knurled wheels behind the rear drums/discs following the guide on the oof or the instructions in the Haynes Manual. 8-) 8-)
 

I had the haynes manual in front of me .Had the hole in right spot but just could not see the knurled wheel?Im putting new discs and pads all round soon so i will have another go then.

[belldarr]

I just adjusted mine last week while replacing the rear pads and I too struggled to see it - in the end i took the rear discs off so i could figure out just where it was and how it worked! but as stated in other posts just line up the drilled hole (not one of the threaded holes) and you can just work out the star shaped adjuster - because your looking at it side on it is a bit hard to spot....
and then i used a long thin flat screwdriver to make the adustment and now it works great

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Done a few jobs on car today so while tools were out i decided to adjust handbrake.No matter how hard i looked i could not see the adjusting wheels .I could see the adjuster but not the knurled wheel.Do they have self adjusting shoes on face lift or am i a blind git.

No, you have to peer through a drilled hole at the top of the handbrake shoe drum, incorporated in the rear discs, to see the knurled wheel. Use a torch and keep adjusting the hubs position until you can see it.  Turning it with a screwdriver locks it one way, then free's it off in the other direction.

However, when doing the handbrake it is very advisable to fully strip down the brakes, clean, reassemble and after removing the heat shields over the exhaust / under the handbrake adjust the whole handbrake system using the adjusting nut on the cable yoke and the knurled wheels behind the rear drums/discs following the guide on the oof or the instructions in the Haynes Manual. 8-) 8-)
 

I had the haynes manual in front of me .Had the hole in right spot but just could not see the knurled wheel?Im putting new discs and pads all round soon so i will have another go then.

The Haines Manual states you should have the hole at the top, but in fact it should be slightly in the direction of the rear of car, not exactly at the top.  However, you do need a torch and you will find the knurled wheel towards the top of the hole.

As I said after I had first done this on an Omega, a late 1990s car, it is amazing to me that this device is still the best way of adjusting drum brakes as it was on the 1950s cars I first started to work and train on.