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handbrake started to fail rapidly so i used the button to adjust under the handbrake. then a while later it stopped working all to gether but it only pulls up one click.
i just used the wind back tool on the rear and put new pads in her.
now i tested and there is no movement at the rear calipers and hand brake is still the same.
any link for this or advice i have the back wheels off.
cheers.
407sw rear brakes and hand brake no go
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Re: 407sw rear brakes and hand brake no go
Disconnect the cables, pump up the footbrake so that the callipers are properly adjusted then re-adjust the cables.
If you adjust the cables first all mechanical advantage is lost and the brakes won't work efficiently.
If you adjust the cables first all mechanical advantage is lost and the brakes won't work efficiently.
Man is, by nature, a lazy beast, he does not need twice encouraging to do nothing.
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Re: 407sw rear brakes and hand brake no go
thanks gibbo!
the right side ebrake was seized so i worked it with some lube lol. and i popped the piston out a bit to check the piston wasn't stuck but then it wouldn't let go of the chunk of wood i put in there even if i bled the caliper so had to drill the wood to get it free.
the right side ebrake was seized so i worked it with some lube lol. and i popped the piston out a bit to check the piston wasn't stuck but then it wouldn't let go of the chunk of wood i put in there even if i bled the caliper so had to drill the wood to get it free.