Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:59:39 GMT From: John B <rotten_NOSPAM_nospam.org> Subject: Re: handbrake adjust (c900)
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
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