Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:02:20 +0000 (UTC) From: "Tomnospamtech" <saabtechnospamnnect.com> Subject: Re: handbrake adjust (c900)
"John B" <rotten_NOSPAM_nospam.org> wrote in message news:slrncu850b.vfp.rotten_NOSPAM_nospamam.example.com... > Dave, > > Thanks for the reply. > > On 11 Jan 2005 16:47:33 GMT, Dave Hinz <DaveHinznospamcop.net> wrote: >> >> Is anything stuck? Does the caliper slide properly? >> > > I think that it's ok; I cleaned it when I replaced the pads, and it wasn't > very > dirty or rusty to begin with. I might take it apart again lube the guide > pins > (although Bentley states that no lubrication is specified for them). Also > (and > if this statement excessively complicates matters, we might choose to > ignore it > for now), I found at one point that I was able to lock the rotor by > pushing the > parking brake lever with my hand, while moving the lever by pulling the > parking > brake did not seem to work. Which makes no sense (I could see the lever > moving > quite nicely with parking brake applied). > >> >> Not sure yet. Do the brakes work with the pedal? Spin the wheel, >> have someone push the pedal down, does it stop? Let's figure out if >> this is just a e-brake thing, or a caliper thing altogether? >> > > I was doing this by myself, but I found that when I propped back the pedal > with > my heavy toolbox, I was unable to spin the wheels. Although of course the > amount of force it takes to turn the wheel by hand and that required to > stop a > moving car are two entirely different matters. > > The car seems to stop without difficulty when driving, although I'm not > sure > that means much since we're talking rear brakes here. > > > John Firstly slacken right off both handbrake cables and make sure that the arm that the cable operates on the calliper is all the way back, that is so the stop on the arm is resting against the mills pin, [roll pin if american]. Adjust 4mm allen screw in the back of the calliper until the pads lock the disc and then back off until you can only just turn the disc. Check that the handbrake is working by pushing the arm forwards. Get an assistant to operate handbrake lever to check that the cables are not siezed then adjust to fit, DO NOT make to travel too short otherwise the rear callipers will not self adjust, 4-6 clicks on the lever is fine. HTH Tom, Saabtech.
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