Hi all
Despite many attempts to cure my problem hand brake, I cannot get the brake adjusted sufficiently to properly hold the car. I am correctly going through the adjustment criteria such as releasing the cable end from inside the car and using the adjusters in each wheel etc etc but I cannot get the car to sufficiently hold. I also have around 6-7 clicks on the hand brake when engaged.
What‘s happening is, when the handbrake is applied and I gently move the car forward and backwards in gear, the shoes move and rotate slightly within the drum as the wheel moves resulting in a slight clunking noise as they hit their stop points in either direction.
I heard somewhere that this is a recognised BMW problem with this type of handbrake setup.
I can only think now that it’s down to stretched cables but I would like to hear from owners who have successfully cured this issue and how they did it.
Many thanks.
Despite many attempts to cure my problem hand brake, I cannot get the brake adjusted sufficiently to properly hold the car. I am correctly going through the adjustment criteria such as releasing the cable end from inside the car and using the adjusters in each wheel etc etc but I cannot get the car to sufficiently hold. I also have around 6-7 clicks on the hand brake when engaged.
What‘s happening is, when the handbrake is applied and I gently move the car forward and backwards in gear, the shoes move and rotate slightly within the drum as the wheel moves resulting in a slight clunking noise as they hit their stop points in either direction.
I heard somewhere that this is a recognised BMW problem with this type of handbrake setup.
I can only think now that it’s down to stretched cables but I would like to hear from owners who have successfully cured this issue and how they did it.
Many thanks.
