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hand brake adjustment

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muddyweb:
But how can you do that until you have eliminated any excess travel in the shoes ?

Wanderer:
On a Disco, trust me. It's easier to adjust it at the handbrake anyway as you've got to remove the handbrake gaiter and switch panel to get at the other adjuster and there's still not a lot of room to get near it. Then the handbrake gaiter gets broken and they are like hen's teeth to find anywhere.

Ed

Range Rover Blues:

--- Quote from: "muddyweb" ---But how can you do that until you have eliminated any excess travel in the shoes ?
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Because you adjust the running clearance of the shoes with the handbrake at rest, when the shoes should be most retracted.  It says quite clearly in the manual.

muddyweb:
Isn't that what I said  :?


--- Quote from: "muddyweb" ---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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Range Rover Blues:
Thought I'd better check the manaul before putting my foot in my mouth, you're right Tim :oops: the cable is adjusted last.
Must have got confused with something else :roll:

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