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Mark2Disco:
hi
can some one tell me the easy way to adjust the hand brake
as i keep elbowing the rear passengers when i apply the hand brake
it works fine but to much travel
thanks for your help

Wanderer:
Wind the square shaped bolt (on the rear of the handbrake back plate) in by a quarter of a turn each time until it brings the lever down. Don't go too far and make sure it's not sitting on the top of a "ridge" when you are finished. The bit that does the work is cone shaped with 4 flat ridges on it. As it goes between ridges it will go a bit tight each time then dropping back on to the flat area.

HTH

Ed

TUFFTEE:
Just like adjusting the brakes on the old mini's i guess? And i have Still got a mini brake adjusting spanner in my toolbox!! 8)  :lol:

Arightpest:
they adjust :shock: i thought they had to touch the rear seat :wink: thats what first and revers is for :oops:

muddyweb:
If yours has the later handbrake assembly (which I think it might) then there will be a 17mm bolt at the 6-o-clock position on the bottom of the handbrake drum.

There are 2 adjustments for the handbrake on the later vehicles depending on where the slack is.    With the handbrake off, you need to adjust the drum adjuster so that the drum runs freely.  You should be able to lock the drum up using the adjuster, and then back it off so the drum moves.

This might do it...  if you still have too much travel at the lever, then you can adjust it via a big nut under the lever.   This involves many skinned kuckles and much swearing  :?

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