BearMcPear
Member
Yet another handbrake thread here, but I couldn't find this particular issue discussed in other threads.
My car failed its inspection as the driver's side (LHD) rear drum was sticking on after the handbrake was applied and disengaged. The passenger side was fine.
None of the drum components themselves seemed to be broken, but they were old and the pads looked a bit naff so decided to get a rebuild kit.
Weirdly though the handbrake doesn't disengage on either side anymore. I assume the spring at the end of the cable is meant to do that?
The spring looks quite rusty and is not the smoothest so I went over it with a wire brush and cleaned it as best as I could with some brake cleaner.
Did I do something wrong during the rebuild, or do I simply need new cables? It seems odd to me that the problem has gotten worse after fitting new parts.
My car failed its inspection as the driver's side (LHD) rear drum was sticking on after the handbrake was applied and disengaged. The passenger side was fine.
None of the drum components themselves seemed to be broken, but they were old and the pads looked a bit naff so decided to get a rebuild kit.
Weirdly though the handbrake doesn't disengage on either side anymore. I assume the spring at the end of the cable is meant to do that?
The spring looks quite rusty and is not the smoothest so I went over it with a wire brush and cleaned it as best as I could with some brake cleaner.
Did I do something wrong during the rebuild, or do I simply need new cables? It seems odd to me that the problem has gotten worse after fitting new parts.