It will hold on a moderate hill, but not on a good size hill. I have
to ratchet it all the way up to get that. The shoes and cable are
brand new. I think the rear shoes need to be adjusted up some more,
but I would have hoped with new shoes and cable it would catch after
four or five clicks.
THANKS!
MIKE R
----- Original Message -----
From: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
To: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: Hand Brake
> The cable needs some 'spring' otherwise it will never work - you
pull it up
> till it is solid then have to let it go back to the next notch,
hence
> insufficient pressure on the shoes. Old cables can lose their
spring.
>
> PaulH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
> To: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 6:41 PM
> Subject: Re: Hand Brake
>
>
> > Is he adjusting the rear brakes (at the wheel) or the hand brake
cable
> > adjuster (underneath, in the tunnel)? He's right not to let the
rear
> > shoes drag, but they need to be darn close to it, then the cable
adjuster
> > needs to be tightened up with the handbrake lever released. Even
then,
> > due to intrinsic cable stretch, as hard as you can pull up the
handle
> > (maybe four "clicks"), it will just hold on a moderate hill (in
San
> > Francisco, CURB YOUR WHEELS!). At least that is the story on mine,
with a
> > very old cable. But the problem is not that the cable stretches
over long
> > periods of time (because you can adjust for that), but that it
stretches
> > when you pull up on the lever (or seems to). I suppose that what
is
> > really needed is a longer lever arm, to apply more force. Right
now, as
> > it is, my wife can't release the handbrake after I have applied it
fully.
> >
> > Mike Razor had this to say:
> >
> > >Got new rear brake pads, new hand brake cable, put on by a
> > >professional mech and still no handbrake holding power on my
hill.
> > >Readjusted and still no holding power. Any suggestions? The
mech
> > >said he is afraid to adjust up to much, it may make the rear
brakes
> > >drag.
> > >Mike R
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Max Heim
> > '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> > If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> > it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
> >
>
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