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[Bob Howard]

    It's best to go by the book for adjustment of handbrake, but here's
how one does it, at least for MGBs and TDs:
    Adjust the service brake, as tight as possible w/o dragging.
    Tighten the cable adjuster(s) until the handle pulls up to lock
brakes on the proper click.

    This always works on TDs.  It should work on MGBs, but if there is
much wear on the linkage inside the drum, there won't be sufficient
adjustment in the cable to get the hand brake working properly.  
Sometimes the new linkage pieces will solve the problem, but at least one
member of our club has found the new ones to be less useful than the worn
ones they were to replace.  He welded metal onto the worn area of the old
ones, then ground down to make the handbrake work right.
    Once the handbrake is in adjustment, it should work correctly as long
as the service brakes are adjusted right.  Well, it "should". 
Bob

    R
On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 13:34:45 EDT Rabeys at aol.com writes:
> i think i will run her in maybe tomorrow.  shop isnt far and he has  
> always 
> been helpful and trustworthy.  tried to adjust the parking  brake 
> because it 
> just goes straight up and doesnt engage.  goes past all  those 
> notches.  when i 
> had a friend pull on the brake, i could see it  moving things like 
> it should.  
> everything seems to be connected.  i  looked in book to see how to 
> adjust it, 
> but im just not getting it.  is it  possible i need to adjust the 
> hand brake 
> itself.  i looked at it and its  not clear to me just looking at it. 
>  ill 
> check the book again, but anyone  off hand know what the deal is?