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[sted]

hi can anyone explain how i adjust my handbrake on a 1999 2.0 gls thanks for your help.

[Omega man 2]

Here's a great guide Sorted mine out with this

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152564750

[bappy]

I've got handbrake trouble on my Mv6. MOT man said handbrake wasn't gripping perfectly so it probably needed adjustment. Still passed it though. when I took the rear disk off, the mating surface fell off of the handbrake shoe and landed in a pile of grey powder on the driveway below. I guess the MOT man didn't actually check them... new set of shoes cost £14. bargain!

[sted]

thanks for your help.

[ians]

I've got handbrake trouble on my Mv6. MOT man said handbrake wasn't gripping perfectly so it probably needed adjustment. Still passed it though. when I took the rear disk off, the mating surface fell off of the handbrake shoe and landed in a pile of grey powder on the driveway below. I guess the MOT man didn't actually check them... new set of shoes cost £14. bargain!

They are not required to inspect things that require disassembly.   Just performance in the case of the handbrake.

[Cybertrucker]

I've got handbrake trouble on my Mv6. MOT man said handbrake wasn't gripping perfectly so it probably needed adjustment. Still passed it though. when I took the rear disk off, the mating surface fell off of the handbrake shoe and landed in a pile of grey powder on the driveway below. I guess the MOT man didn't actually check them... new set of shoes cost £14. bargain!

They are not required to inspect things that require disassembly.   Just performance in the case of the handbrake.

This is why you should never take an MOT certificate as being evidence of the general condition of a car - the general rule is if he can't see it he can't fail it.  For example he'll fail your car if the inner sills are rusted, but there could be gaping holes in a part of the structure of the car which he can't see, like behind the fuel tank, but if he can't see it it'll pass.

One does wonder how your handbrake shoes got that worn though - in theory they only ever touch the drums when they're stationary.  You been practising handbrake turns on Morrison's car park?  

[tmx]

Omegas handbrake is rubbish! like all vauxhalls you adjust it for the MOT only two weeks after the test the handbrake will fail again!

[Cybertrucker]

Omegas handbrake is rubbish! like all vauxhalls you adjust it for the MOT only two weeks after the test the handbrake will fail again!

Tell me about it - I had an Opel Kadett years ago, the handbrake never made it from one MOT to the next.  I got very good at holding it on hills on the clutch...

[tmx]

Ive owned a Corsa,Astra,Vectra,& Omega and they all suffer from the same problem

The Omega / V6 Vectra Bs handbrake is the same i think the cables stretch back after adjustment?

[miniator]

I've got handbrake trouble on my Mv6. MOT man said handbrake wasn't gripping perfectly so it probably needed adjustment. Still passed it though. when I took the rear disk off, the mating surface fell off of the handbrake shoe and landed in a pile of grey powder on the driveway below. I guess the MOT man didn't actually check them... new set of shoes cost £14. bargain!

They are not required to inspect things that require disassembly.   Just performance in the case of the handbrake.

This is why you should never take an MOT certificate as being evidence of the general condition of a car - the general rule is if he can't see it he can't fail it.  For example he'll fail your car if the inner sills are rusted, but there could be gaping holes in a part of the structure of the car which he can't see, like behind the fuel tank, but if he can't see it it'll pass.

One does wonder how your handbrake shoes got that worn though - in theory they only ever touch the drums when they're stationary.  You been practising handbrake turns on Morrison's car park?  

you mainlanders dont know how easy you get it!
yous need a PROPER MOT like the one we have!! not just a "leave it into a garage and get some mechanic to sign a piece paper having only glanced over the car"

[Andy B]

Omegas handbrake is rubbish! like all vauxhalls you adjust it for the MOT only two weeks after the test the handbrake will fail again!

       
I hope MarksDTM doesn't read that!        
You're in for a telling off if he does .......      

My Astra G's handbrake is excellent! ...... I know it's a different set up  

[Jimbob]

Mark set my handbrake, with new disks / drums and shoes.
this was after doing the rear bearing.

Now excellent, holds the car fine, and stops it if used as emergeny brake.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Omegas handbrake is rubbish! like all vauxhalls you adjust it for the MOT only two weeks after the test the handbrake will fail again!

Tell me about it - I had an Opel Kadett years ago, the handbrake never made it from one MOT to the next.  I got very good at holding it on hills on the clutch...

Quite clearly, neither of you know how to service handbrakes.....shame really as I have found Vx handbrakes to work really well when you know what your doing.

[Gareth Lewis]

I used to keep the handbrake for my Triuph Vitesse under the front seat - it was a brick

[ians]

The problem arises when trying to adjust them using only the knurled wheel in the hubs.   That is never going to work properly.