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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:54 am |
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Joined: Apr 03, 2011 Posts: 189
Trade Rating: +1
Location: Over that hill.
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Hiya guys, right. I'll explain.
I was leaning into my car yesterday to pull the handbrake up, my knee (long on going problem) gave way and I fell, ofcourse I was holding onto the handbrake at the time and I ripped the handbrake right up, it made a kind of loud click noise and now the handbrake is slack. Very slack. It kind of wobbles about freely when not applied at all.
It can go nearly 90 degrees up, it still clicks into places, can count about 14-15 clicks. it stops the car rolling away still (only just), but its weak.
Normally it would only go about 6-7 clicks, and felt nice and tight. And no chance of the car moving at all when handbrake was applied.
Any ideas?
Cheers lads, Mark.
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:23 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 13077
Trade Rating: +65
Location: England
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Replace it?
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:44 am |
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Joined: Oct 14, 2010 Posts: 3
Trade Rating: 0
Location: Latvia
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Sounds like one of handbrake cables snapped. I had this problem last summer. It snapped where it conects to the drum brakes
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:53 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 2505
Trade Rating: +19
Location: West mids
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Yer this happend to me The cable had snapped right on the end I did both at the same time then you know they are both new.
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:35 am |
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Joined: Apr 03, 2011 Posts: 189
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Location: Over that hill.
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Ok, cheers lads, so if I buy a new cable from eurocarparts for like £13, it goes from the handbrake down the car, splits into two, one for each rear brake?
Or do I have to buy 2 cables?
Sorry, complete noob on cars
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:38 am |
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Joined: Nov 27, 2010 Posts: 11520
Trade Rating: +10
Location: What's it to you? ? ?
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MrMorris wrote: |
Ok, cheers lads, so if I buy a new cable from eurocarparts for like £13, it goes from the handbrake down the car, splits into two, one for each rear brake?
Or do I have to buy 2 cables?
Sorry, complete noob on cars |
For the 206 handbrake setup you need 2 cables, they are both attached to the bracket behind the handbrake lever.
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:03 am |
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Joined: Oct 14, 2010 Posts: 3
Trade Rating: 0
Location: Latvia
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