My MOT is due soon and there is a lot of travel on the hand brake and some side ways movement. What would I need to take up this slack. Checked out the online service manuel to adjust hand brake. Would I really have to go to all the trouble of taking the rear wheels and discs off to adjust the brake shoes, or would I not get enough adjustment at the hand brake to save all that work.

You dont take the rear discs off, there is an aperture (access hole) in the hub of the disc where you can adjust the knub/cog screw with a small flat blade screwdriver as you would with adjusting shoes on a drum braked car.

It's strange, every picture I've seen of the interior of a Zed, the hand brake always comes up really high.... ?

Make sure you slacken the tensioner bolt where the cable meets the handbrake first,, leave the hand brake down,

chock the front wheels, remove rear wheels. On bottom of rear drum there is a small rubber gromet, ensure that this is at the very bottom, remove it, and get a flat blade screwdriver, then just adjust the spring but turning the nut.

I did mine until the shoes touched the inside of the drum. make sure you can still turn the drum by hand. tighten handbrake tension nut backup.

 

This will help

http://www.twinturbo.net/ttnetfaq/FAQpages/prknbrake.html

Drums? Shoes? :duffer:

The rear disc incorporates the parking brake shoes

Well thanks guys, some good advice. I recon I can take care off that now this weekend. Any tips on removing the centre console might save me some time. Quick mention to the helpfull zedword crew. My exhaust is shot on the section from cats back just after the mix box, so a quick call to zedworld and a replacement is on its way. So MOT ready soon.

 

Thanks all, Stu

my handbrake is sticking on, how do i stop it

My appologies then mate, never worked on my back brakes (yet :-)

my handbrake is sticking on, how do i stop it

 

press the big button on the front of it:rolleyes::p

press the big button on the front of it:rolleyes::p

 

LOL :rofl:

Lmao

press the big button on the front of it:rolleyes::p

 

lol i was about to say that

 

cheater:tongue: