river
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Post by river on Dec 2, 2020 16:24:29 GMT
After plenty of adjusting and fiddling with the handbrake, I can't get it to keep the car stationary on anything other than a gentle slope. Were they ever any good, and is it possible to get working properly? OR better still, are there options to relatively easily modify or swap for something that will allow me to impressive my children with decent handbrake turns ? :-)
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Sapphirestag
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Post by Sapphirestag on Dec 2, 2020 17:03:32 GMT
You must be doing something wrong or something isn't correct. When I used to take mine for MOT before exemption, I could lock both wheels on the rollers if I was a bit animal with the lever.
Assuming your shoes and drums are good, not contaminated or glazed. check you have the adjusters fitted correctly, the top part should have the cut bit facing the spring hole in the shoe. Take the clevis pins out of the levers and with the levers fully off, put a thin screwdriver up behind the back of the shoe and adjust it a few clicks at a time until you can just get the drum on. Then with the drum on give it clout around the outside with a hammer to centralise the shoes. If it then spins a bit easier adjust it again. With the drum on, and handbrake lever fully off, adjust the cable lengths removing all the slack and refit the clevis pins. You should have no more than about 7 clicks on the lever fully applied. I'll be surprised if you don't have a decent handbrake after this.
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bullstarz
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Post by bullstarz on Dec 2, 2020 20:43:34 GMT
Just as an idea check your brake shoes have been put on correctly, I’ve seen many times where the springs been put on wrong or they’re not been connected properly. And this of a drastic effect on the breaking efficiency both of the handbrake are the rear main brake.
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river
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Post by river on Dec 2, 2020 21:22:55 GMT
Thanks. Good to know it should work well. I will follow your suggestions and try to take a look over the weekend. btw, I think it will only go 2 or 3 clicks at the moment
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Sapphirestag
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Post by Sapphirestag on Dec 3, 2020 9:07:01 GMT
It's possible the 2 - 3 clicks are also a part of your problem. Because the lever is not moving much above the horizontal position you may not be getting a lot of leverage to hold the shoes against the drums with any great force. I also said earlier about glazing, if you think they are a bit glazed there is no harm in using some abrasive paper to reface the shoes and on the inside of the drums.
Have you tried applying the footbrake hard before putting the handbrake on, does it then hold better ?
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Post by Flying Farmer on Dec 3, 2020 22:02:42 GMT
If the drums are worn oversize the shoes will never grip properly until they are nearly worn out. Found this the hard way with several different Triumphs
Neil
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