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freecall666 Senior Member Offline fun for all, get with the program Posts: 656 looking over your shoulder Gender: Drives: 2.0I polar sea blue	hand brake fail mot 18. Jan 2011 at 19:14 have adjusted the adjuster on shoes both sides- failed taken off the discs clean'd drum's, shoes fine got 3mil left on them, failed re-did clean and adjusted hand brake, parked on a 30% hill dont move costing a fortune keep putting it back in is there anthing else that i could be missing??
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Re: hand brake fail mot
Reply #1 - 18. Jan 2011 at 19:24

freecall666 wrote on 18. Jan 2011 at 19:14:

have adjusted the adjuster on shoes both sides- failed
taken off the discs clean'd drum's, shoes fine got 3mil left on them, failed
re-did clean and adjusted hand brake,
parked on a 30% hill dont move
costing a fortune keep putting it back in is there anthing else that i could be missing?? Sad

have you followed the guide to the letter?
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152564750 you need slack in the cable before you start at the back.

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Re: hand brake fail mot
Reply #2 - 18. Jan 2011 at 19:25

freecall666 wrote on 18. Jan 2011 at 19:14:

have adjusted the adjuster on shoes both sides- failed
taken off the discs clean'd drum's, shoes fine got 3mil left on them, failed
re-did clean and adjusted hand brake,
parked on a 30% hill dont move
costing a fortune keep putting it back in is there anthing else that i could be missing?? Sad

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Re: hand brake fail mot
Reply #3 - 18. Jan 2011 at 19:26

freecall666 wrote on 18. Jan 2011 at 19:14:

have adjusted the adjuster on shoes both sides- failed
taken off the discs clean'd drum's, shoes fine got 3mil left on them, failed
re-did clean and adjusted hand brake,
parked on a 30% hill dont move
costing a fortune keep putting it back in is there anthing else that i could be missing?? Sad

Amount of handbrake travel comes into play. I would fit new shoes then adjust so that handbrake is tight after 4 clicks.

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Re: hand brake fail mot
Reply #4 - 18. Jan 2011 at 19:29

RobG wrote on 18. Jan 2011 at 19:25:

freecall666 wrote on 18. Jan 2011 at 19:14:

have adjusted the adjuster on shoes both sides- failed
taken off the discs clean'd drum's, shoes fine got 3mil left on them, failed
re-did clean and adjusted hand brake,
parked on a 30% hill dont move
costing a fortune keep putting it back in is there anthing else that i could be missing?? Sad

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Rob - you saying what I've been thinking? Wink

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Re: hand brake fail mot
Reply #5 - 18. Jan 2011 at 19:31

dbug wrote on 18. Jan 2011 at 19:29:

RobG wrote on 18. Jan 2011 at 19:25:

freecall666 wrote on 18. Jan 2011 at 19:14:

have adjusted the adjuster on shoes both sides- failed
taken off the discs clean'd drum's, shoes fine got 3mil left on them, failed
re-did clean and adjusted hand brake,
parked on a 30% hill dont move
costing a fortune keep putting it back in is there anthing else that i could be missing?? Sad

Rusty

Rob - you saying what I've been thinking? Wink

Quite a few are thinking it and a few have said it Grin

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Re: hand brake fail mot
Reply #6 - 18. Jan 2011 at 19:34

RobG wrote on 18. Jan 2011 at 19:31:

dbug wrote on 18. Jan 2011 at 19:29:

RobG wrote on 18. Jan 2011 at 19:25:

freecall666 wrote on 18. Jan 2011 at 19:14:

have adjusted the adjuster on shoes both sides- failed
taken off the discs clean'd drum's, shoes fine got 3mil left on them, failed
re-did clean and adjusted hand brake,
parked on a 30% hill dont move
costing a fortune keep putting it back in is there anthing else that i could be missing?? Sad

Rusty

Rob - you saying what I've been thinking? Wink

Quite a few are thinking it and a few have said it Grin

Oh dear

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Re: hand brake fail mot
Reply #7 - 18. Jan 2011 at 19:35

Andy B wrote on 18. Jan 2011 at 19:24:

freecall666 wrote on 18. Jan 2011 at 19:14:

have adjusted the adjuster on shoes both sides- failed
taken off the discs clean'd drum's, shoes fine got 3mil left on them, failed
re-did clean and adjusted hand brake,
parked on a 30% hill dont move
costing a fortune keep putting it back in is there anthing else that i could be missing?? Sad

have you followed the guide to the letter?
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152564750 you need slack in the cable before you start at the back.

yep done that, with hand brake on and in first gear stalls engine, but when he puts it on rolling wheels it fails on both sides, there is 4mil gap on hand brake cable so it just moves on the bolt nut says 1mil is the minimun on shoes but there is 3mil left on them, he said there is no problem with the cable torque its the shoes but its got me baffled.???

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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: hand brake fail mot Reply #8 - 18. Jan 2011 at 20:18 shoes and disks prob just want well coating in copperslip, not ordinary grease, the heat wont do it any good.
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freecall666 Senior Member Offline fun for all, get with the program Posts: 656 looking over your shoulder Gender: Drives: 2.0I polar sea blue	Re: hand brake fail mot Reply #9 - 18. Jan 2011 at 20:25 i will try that jimbow, would sanding the shoes do any harm just some wet and dry would it make any difference??
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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: hand brake fail mot Reply #10 - 18. Jan 2011 at 20:28 freecall666 wrote on 18. Jan 2011 at 20:25: i will try that jimbow, would sanding the shoes do any harm just some wet and dry would it make any difference?? definately, you want those shoes as smooth as possible
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freecall666 Senior Member Offline fun for all, get with the program Posts: 656 looking over your shoulder Gender: Drives: 2.0I polar sea blue	Re: hand brake fail mot Reply #11 - 18. Jan 2011 at 20:30 ill give it ago in moning thanks
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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: hand brake fail mot Reply #14 - 18. Jan 2011 at 21:03 VXL V6 wrote on 18. Jan 2011 at 20:57: Disclaimer time! Just giving the same quality of advice he gives others
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