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Car handbrake question

  • 14-06-2014 8:24pm
    #1
    Tracyk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭


    Just a quick question. When I stop in traffic on a hill and put my foot on the break and also pull up the handbreak fully until it stops and then take my foot off the break the car rolls a bit but then when I go to pull up the handbreak again with my foot off the break I can engage the handbreak another small bit (1 click) and the car stops rolling. Seem that when I engage the handbreak fully with my foot on the break the car will roll just very slowly once I take my foot off the break but by taking my foot off the break I then can get an extra bit (1 click) on the handbreak and the car stops. Why is this? It doesn't really bother me but I'm just wondering.


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  • #2
    visual
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭visual


    Brakes shoes ? Most likely worn

    You haven't said type of rear brakes but sounds like you have rear drum brakes

    piston caliper worked by brake pedal acts on one side of the shoes. Hand brake cable on the other side.

    Brake shoes may be worn.


  • #3
    Xantia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 682 ✭✭✭Xantia


    The handbrake cable might need adjustment also.
    By the way if it is a citroen the handbrake could be on the front wheels!


  • #4
    Tracyk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭Tracyk


    07 Kia Ceed 1.6D CRDi

    Would it be an expensive fix?


  • #5
    Xantia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 682 ✭✭✭Xantia


    It depends of course on the amount of work to be done, it just sounds like the cable has been stretched over time and needs adjustment.
    Bring it to a tyre depot that does more than tyres if you know what i mean.
    Someplace like www.fastfit.ie
    They will be able to diagnose it and fix it and will give you an estimate before they commence.


  • #6
    Tracyk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭Tracyk


    Just bought the car from its main dealer. Car is under warranty. I may call in Monday


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  • #7
    martineire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 328 ✭✭martineire


    Tracyk wrote: »
    Just a quick question. When I stop in traffic on a hill and put my foot on the break and also pull up the handbreak fully until it stops and then take my foot off the break the car rolls a bit but then when I go to pull up the handbreak again with my foot off the break I can engage the handbreak another small bit (1 click) and the car stops rolling. Seem that when I engage the handbreak fully with my foot on the break the car will roll just very slowly once I take my foot off the break but by taking my foot off the break I then can get an extra bit (1 click) on the handbreak and the car stops. Why is this? It doesn't really bother me but I'm just wondering.
    This car has a rear brake system that you may not be familiar with, and what you are experiencing is fairly typical.
    Using the foot brake pedal operates disc pads that grip the disc, but on these cars the handbrake system is contained in a smallish drum, that is integral with the disc itself - so in fact you have two systems in one.
    The foot brake pads are self adjusting, but the handbrake is not......ideally it doesn't need to be as the shoes only bear on the drum when the car is stationary - wear is therefore minimal.
    If you were to adjust the shoes (which is done via a hole in the drum) your symptoms would be less. The fact that you can pull the hand brake on a fraction more is that the car rolls slightly with the foot brake released - and the shoes can move a fraction more.


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