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Bixy1 Intermediate Member Offline Dragged through MOT kicking and screaming. Posts: 308 Leeds. West Yorks. Gender: Drives: Astra in storage, using Miggy! http://sbpra.com/derektmorgan	Handbrake Sorted! 10. Feb 2010 at 00:21 On a good note, Picked car up from local garage. New handbrake cables fitted, all adjusted and did'nt have to remove interior, he got to the seized nut with an angle grinder. Had to drop propshaft and heat shields (all the nuts of which sheared off) but job sorted. £108 quid and happy to pay it. Too cold outside for me!
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Re: Handbrake Sorted!
Reply #1 - 10. Feb 2010 at 11:18

Bixy1 wrote on 10. Feb 2010 at 00:21:

On a good note, Picked car up from local garage. New handbrake cables fitted, all adjusted and did'nt have to remove interior, he got to the seized nut with an angle grinder. Grin

Had to drop propshaft and heat shields (all the nuts of which sheared off) but job sorted.
£108 quid and happy to pay it. Too cold outside for me!

the mind boggles as to what he angle ground..

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Bixy1 Intermediate Member Offline Dragged through MOT kicking and screaming. Posts: 308 Leeds. West Yorks. Gender: Drives: Astra in storage, using Miggy! http://sbpra.com/derektmorgan	Re: Handbrake Sorted! Reply #2 - 10. Feb 2010 at 11:22 Boggle! Boggle, Boggle! The adjustment nut on the handbrake lever rod.....!
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Marks DTM Calib Administrator Offline Ex Member Posts: 25671 Northern Hemisphere Gender: Drives: Astra J, Mum Bus, Dexta Tractor, 108 DMU wip	Re: Handbrake Sorted! Reply #3 - 10. Feb 2010 at 11:40 So...did he just replace the cable or did he set the handbrake up properly?
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Bixy1 Intermediate Member Offline Dragged through MOT kicking and screaming. Posts: 308 Leeds. West Yorks. Gender: Drives: Astra in storage, using Miggy! http://sbpra.com/derektmorgan	Re: Handbrake Sorted! Reply #4 - 10. Feb 2010 at 11:42 Replaced the cables and set the brakes properly. Handbrake lovely now.
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Marks DTM Calib Administrator Offline Ex Member Posts: 25671 Northern Hemisphere Gender: Drives: Astra J, Mum Bus, Dexta Tractor, 108 DMU wip	Re: Handbrake Sorted! Reply #5 - 10. Feb 2010 at 11:43 So....both rear wheels off, slack handbrake, rear shoes manualy setup and operation fully checked, the cable adjusted to be full on at aroun 6 clicks?
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Bixy1 Intermediate Member Offline Dragged through MOT kicking and screaming. Posts: 308 Leeds. West Yorks. Gender: Drives: Astra in storage, using Miggy! http://sbpra.com/derektmorgan	Re: Handbrake Sorted! Reply #6 - 10. Feb 2010 at 11:48 Yes, thats what he said. He's an ex- VX mechanic, used to work at Menston Garage a few years ago. He knows his Vauxhalls.
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ians Omega Baron Offline Posts: 3452 Reading Drives: '02 3.2 est, '98 3.0 Elite sal	Re: Handbrake Sorted! Reply #7 - 10. Feb 2010 at 11:50 Marks DTM Calib wrote on 10. Feb 2010 at 11:43: So....both rear wheels off, slack handbrake, rear shoes manualy setup and operation fully checked, the cable adjusted to be full on at aroun 6 clicks? ..you're not suspicious by any chance..
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Bixy1 Intermediate Member Offline Dragged through MOT kicking and screaming. Posts: 308 Leeds. West Yorks. Gender: Drives: Astra in storage, using Miggy! http://sbpra.com/derektmorgan	Re: Handbrake Sorted! Reply #8 - 10. Feb 2010 at 11:56 Nope, not at all. I've been to him before with an Astra problem. He was spot on!
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Re: Handbrake Sorted!
Reply #9 - 10. Feb 2010 at 11:57

ians wrote on 10. Feb 2010 at 11:50:

Marks DTM Calib wrote on 10. Feb 2010 at 11:43:

So....both rear wheels off, slack handbrake, rear shoes manualy setup and operation fully checked, the cable adjusted to be full on at aroun 6 clicks?

..you're not suspicious by any chance.. Roll Eyes

As always....it appears that the general knowledge and basic understanding of many systems is now lost to mechanics as a whole.

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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Handbrake Sorted! Reply #10 - 10. Feb 2010 at 18:51 mines shite, bloody thing. Need to strip down the other side this weekend ( ran out of time last weekend ). Oh joy
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Re: Handbrake Sorted!
Reply #11 - 10. Feb 2010 at 22:26

Possibly a stupid question, but, is a seemingly poor handbrake and typical trait of an Omega???

As I have said in another post, I really do not trust the handbrake to hold the car satisfactorally on a slope, I always leave the car in gear and wheels towards the kerb.. In the MOT before the last, the garage actually got their calculator out to see if it was passible. The last MOT after servicing the Handbrake, the garage passed it with a good level of efficiency, however, I still don't have the confidence that it will hold me on a steepish hill... (Not excessively steep, just the average level of slope in many areas).

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Re: Handbrake Sorted!
Reply #12 - 10. Feb 2010 at 22:31

Psychoca wrote on 10. Feb 2010 at 22:26:

Possibly a stupid question, but, is a seemingly poor handbrake and typical trait of an Omega???

As I have said in another post, I really do not trust the handbrake to hold the car satisfactorally on a slope, I always leave the car in gear and wheels towards the kerb.. In the MOT before the last, the garage actually got their calculator out to see if it was passible. The last MOT after servicing the Handbrake, the garage passed it with a good level of efficiency, however, I still don't have the confidence that it will hold me on a steepish hill... (Not excessively steep, just the average level of slope in many areas).

Nope, what is typical is the majority of spanner jerkers when asked to adjust the handbrake, do just that, tighten the adjuster nut and they think it`s job done

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Re: Handbrake Sorted!
Reply #13 - 10. Feb 2010 at 22:39

Rob, the only problem with that is that I am the spanner monkey who did the job and I know that I went from back to front checking the mechanism both sides... lol...

I know I am very much and amateur and in some cases bodge some things to make them do, such as a wooden spacer for a longer than necessary bolt.... When I do a job on my car, I follow any advice, I may be given in order to do it properly, especially if I am unsure as to what is entailed in a job...

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RobG Omega Lord Offline I might have a link, pic or part number for that Posts: 7968 Bristol Gender: Drives: 53 plate 2.2 CD auto	Re: Handbrake Sorted! Reply #14 - 10. Feb 2010 at 22:45 If you followed the guide (which I`m sure you did ) the handbrake should hold on a decent gradient, but I know what you mean about being wary of it holding. Nothing wrong with adopting the "belt & braces" attitude regarding use of the handbrake
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