Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:53:11 GMT From: "Nasty Bob" <nospamspeedypancakenospamail.com> Subject: Re: 9000 hand brake adjustment?
That's interesting.. I just had the *front* discs and pads replaced.. and a front caliper. Do you think I've now got a problem with a back caliper?? I'll keep trying to apply the handbrake and see if it auto-adjusts. On my last MOT they listed "adjusted handbrake" - does that mean they just kept pulling the hand brake until it worked???? Thanks "yaofeng" <yaofengchennospaml.com> wrote in message news:1130795246.789831.84450nospam2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > I never had to tighten the hand brake on all of my 9k's. If your hand > brake doesn't work because you have just replaced your rear calipers, > just keep pulling and releasing the handle. Or park it on level > surface for a few days. Time will make parking brake work again with > sufficient number of pulls and releases. The 9k hand brake is > self-adjusting. When you pull the hand brake, it advance a worm gear > set up to squueze the rear pistons to effect parking brake. If your > parking brake doesn't work and you have not done anything to the rear > brakes, that's usually an indication one of the rear caliper piston is > stuck. When the piston is stuck, pulling the handle won't advance the > piston anymore and won't effect parking brake. >