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[Bixy1]

Don't know!  Not been underneath yet, too cold and wet!

[Marks DTM Calib]

Key points here.

DONT EVER JUST DIVE IN AND MESS WITH THE CABLE!

There, got that off my chest, much better.

Auto users, handbrakes need to be used even if you do have a (flimsy) parking pawl in the auto box. Use it or loose it (well watch it seize up and fail!)

To do ANY handbrake correctly, you must service the rear brake setup, this is true of ANY make of car. This needs to be done with a slack cable and the mechanism cleaned and setup on the rear hubs correctly.

Only then can you adjust the handbrake cable and note, 5-6 clicks is about right for an Omega handbrake.

Because the Omega handbrake operates via a dedicated set of shoes, its worth applying it lightly for 100m or so every month or 2 just to keep the inner drum surface nice and clean.

Follow the maintenance guide and you wotn go far wrong.

As for needing to heat the handbrake rod....a good squirt of a good penetrating fluid (and noteWD40 is NOT a good penetrating fluid) will sort....I am yet to find one (and I have done FAR to many) that is truely seized.

[Paul D]

I had same problem on mine, had to jack the car up, remember health and safety when doing this.
Take heat shields off and above prop shaft is a nut and one cable leads to hand brake and the other two to the rear brakes, you will have to keep checking the handbrake for the number of clicks, when turning the nut,  once the handbrake operates to the right position, all should be ok.

 

[Psychoca]

The only reason I messed with the cable was purely due to the fact mine had snapped...  I had already replaced the hand brake pads and ensured the full funtionality of the mechanism.

The nut on the hand brake lever stud/threaded bar, was only moving 4 - 5 mm due to the stud being warped, this was due to work carried out by the previous owner and I suspect heat was used on the bar to replace the cable at some point in the past. 

I have never been able to consider the handbrake on my Omega as brilliant and I certainly do not trust it to hold my car on a steep hill,  It has rolled back on me far too many times to count, so I always leave it in gear when I leave the car...

The great thing is that being part of this forum, puts all of us in contact with people who have a wealth of Omega knowledge, and if there is something that any of us need to know, help is usually very close and quick to hand and advice that is very much worthwhile following and in many cases will save money and time...

[alfie]

It really is a time consuming job,drive front wheels onto ramps then jack the rear up onto stands.
Remove heatshields then suggest rachet spanner,had to replace cable on mine,check that it fits snuggly onto the rear wheel guide,they do slip through.
Got to adjust mine again when it gets warmer.
Alfie.