Handbrake Adjustment

[evokiller]

hi guys can anyone tell me how to adjust my hand brake on a 99 2000 turbo its is to high and i want to mot my car in the next few days any help will be appreciated

cheers evokiller

[brian_paterson]

Lift the couling off from arond the hand break there are two adjustment nutstoward the back seat.

Brian

[seafar99]

Lift the couling off from arond the hand break there are two adjustment nutstoward the back seat.

Brian

I've adjusted mine by taking out the oblong rubber plug at the back of each rear wheel disc backing plate and using a flat blade screwdriver rotate the cogged wheel ( either up or down can't remember which ) to adjust the handbrake shoes.

[ScoobyDougie]

I've adjusted mine by taking out the oblong rubber plug at the back of each rear wheel disc backing plate and using a flat blade screwdriver rotate the cogged wheel ( either up or down can't remember which ) to adjust the handbrake shoes.

You'll need to do a combination of both of these adjustments to do it properly. Adjust at the hubs first. i.e. remove rubber bung and adjust the nothched adjuster wheel upwards until it tightens, then back it off a few nothes to ensure that the shoes are not binding. Once you've done that at both sides you can then carry out the adjustment at the handbrake lever.

Cheers.