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[marilyn]

hey all, my handbrake has been re tensioned but it still takes 7 clicks and then a further smidge with two hands to get it to stay put, can anyone tell me how easy/expensive it would be to have a new one put in? thanks

[Markie]

..its more likely the handbrake shoes need replacing on the rear rather than the cable itself being broken / inefficient.

When were they last done?

[omegalyn]

Have a look here
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152564750

[DaveL]

Hi, It will more than likely to be the adjustment on the rear handbrake shoes that need adjusting. To do the job you need to jack rear end up. Put axle stands underneath. Release the hand brake. Remove rear wheels and through one of the removed wheel bolt holes you can just get in with a small screw driver and push on a serrated wheel. This will adjust the 'shoes' to take up the slack. Usually there is a build up of rust inside the brake drums which are part of the rear disc's.

I would suggest you take the rear disc's off ( there will be a How to for this on this site), clean the rust from the drums and replace and adjust the brake shoes.

It is not an over difficult job to do, the only hard part is getting the disc's off the back. You will probably find after cleaning you will have to adjust the cable again.

HTH
DaveL

[Marks DTM Calib]

Hi, It will more than likely to be the adjustment on the rear handbrake shoes that need adjusting. To do the job you need to jack rear end up. Put axle stands underneath. Release the hand brake. Remove rear wheels and through one of the removed wheel bolt holes you can just get in with a small screw driver and push on a serrated wheel. This will adjust the 'shoes' to take up the slack. Usually there is a build up of rust inside the brake drums which are part of the rear disc's.

I would suggest you take the rear disc's off ( there will be a How to for this on this site), clean the rust from the drums and replace and adjust the brake shoes.

It is not an over difficult job to do, the only hard part is getting the disc's off the back. You will probably find after cleaning you will have to adjust the cable again.

HTH
DaveL

But, only do this once the handbrake is slack!

[DaveL]

Hi, It will more than likely to be the adjustment on the rear handbrake shoes that need adjusting. To do the job you need to jack rear end up. Put axle stands underneath. Release the hand brake. Remove rear wheels and through one of the removed wheel bolt holes you can just get in with a small screw driver and push on a serrated wheel. This will adjust the 'shoes' to take up the slack. Usually there is a build up of rust inside the brake drums which are part of the rear disc's.

I would suggest you take the rear disc's off ( there will be a How to for this on this site), clean the rust from the drums and replace and adjust the brake shoes.

It is not an over difficult job to do, the only hard part is getting the disc's off the back. You will probably find after cleaning you will have to adjust the cable again.

HTH
DaveL

But, only do this once the handbrake is slack!

[marilyn]

thanks guys, i think the shoes were replaced a few weeks ago, but they also said it was re tensioned so now i'm not sure, will get my bf to try to do what you suggested providing the weather holds up lol will keep you posted

[Plutonium27]

Handbrakes tchoh. Mine has a habit of sticking too far up whenever I park on the Torpoint ferry (floating bridge across the Tamar to Plymouth). So that I don't go rumbling off the end while pushing the Micra in front straight into the drink, the gradient on the parking ramp requires me to up the HB with both paws. Everytime I've done this so far (had the motor 6 weeks now) I've had to call over one of the nice fellas from guiding the load-offs to get the bloody thing back down for me. While the queue behind me start fuming...
Parking on proper hills means I leave it in gear; maybe I should do that when negotiating the diddy little slope on the ferry. SO long as I can find an infallible way to remind myself to go into neutral before re-ignition.

Am not about to go lolloping underneath to re-tension or nothing, its chucking it down here.

MOT is up in a couple of weeks and all....

[omegalyn]

If you had this work done at a garage, then you should take it back to them to sort out at no extra cost.
Cheers
Lyn