Handbrake Trouble

[Forrest 35]

In swapping from drums to disc rear end on my project, I think one or both sides of the new disc rear end have the handbrake still locked on a tad, as the cable is not long enough to come through into the cabin fully and be done up to bolt against the actual handbrake in the car.

In my haynes manual it tells me to get a screw driver and use it to rotate the star wheel inside the hub to let the handbrake off (another reason this is hard is because I cant get the existing rotors off, its being a real pain in the ass and holding me up

Anyone have any experience with this? or do I just keep perservering? and hope it fixes

Edited December 5, 2008 by Forrest

[gmccormack 0]

In swapping from drums to disc rear end on my project, I think one or both sides of the new disc rear end have the handbrake still locked on a tad, as the cable is not long enough to come through into the cabin fully and be done up to bolt against the actual handbrake in the car.

In my haynes manual it tells me to get a screw driver and use it to rotate the star wheel inside the hub to let the handbrake off (another reason this is hard is because I cant get the existing rotors off, its being a real pain in the ass and holding me up

Anyone have any experience with this? or do I just keep perservering? and hope it fixes

The star adjusters at the wheels dont effect the cable length. If you cant get the cables to come through into the cabin it is because they are stuck on something under the car, mayby the cable outers are not fully seated in the guide tubes under the floor.

You cant get the rotors off to get at the star adjusters because the adjusters must be loosened off first to remove the rotors.

The adjusters have to be turned by putting a screwdriver through one of the wheel bolt holes in the brake rotor itself.

Edited December 5, 2008 by Graeme