Jon Ison
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| posted on 18/3/08 at 08:04 AM |
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Honda Acord help ??
Just got to work and a mate is under his honda trying to get handbrake to work.
Its rear discs, very low hanbrake effort on one side, MOt fail.
Any tips, how does it work, is it like the VW set up ?
Edit to add S plate 2.2 V tec.
Tips idea's please chaps.
[Edited on 18/3/08 by Jon Ison]
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britishtrident
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| posted on 18/3/08 at 12:28 PM |
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Almost exactly the same --- start by letting the handbrake cable tension off a bit -- the handbrake lever should come up a fair number of clicks
before the hand brake bites on to the disc.
Most likely cause of trouble is the self-adjuster in the caliper is seized or has been broken when the pads were renewed by forcing the adjuster back
without letting back the cable tension.
It is also possible the little lever on the caliper that operates the hand brake is sticking or the handbrake cable is partly seized.
Replacing the caliper is the easy option however prices vary greatly between model years.
In the short term you might be able to get it through MOT by adjusting up the caliper by hand.
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