caber
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| posted on 5/8/07 at 10:15 PM |
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Handbrake
I thought I would be clever and use a Lotus Elan umbrella handle hand brake. I have a Capri axle and standard drums and have made a contraption to
provide leverage between the handbrake lever and the brakes. At the moment i can't get the handbrake to bite. I don't have hydraulics
working so do I need this to get the drums to self adjust or is there something else needing fixed?
Caber
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Chippy
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| posted on 5/8/07 at 10:30 PM |
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Pretty sure that you have to pump the brakes, on the pedal, to close up the hand brake adjustment. I have heard that if you use the hand brake prior
to doing this you can screw out the threaded section in the calliper, meaning a strip down to put it back, (don't know if that is true though).
Regards Ray
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indykid
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| posted on 5/8/07 at 10:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Chippy
Pretty sure that you have to pump the brakes, on the pedal, to close up the hand brake adjustment. I have heard that if you use the hand brake prior
to doing this you can screw out the threaded section in the calliper, meaning a strip down to put it back, (don't know if that is true though).
Regards Ray
with drums?
if the adjuster in the drums is set right, i'd assume the handbrake should work without any fluids.
what's this 'contraption'? do you actually end up with any leverage by the time you get to the drums?
pics or a nice drawing might help
tom
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Chippy
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| posted on 6/8/07 at 09:57 PM |
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Whoops, my mistake, didn't read the drums bit. Grovel, grovel,  Ray
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