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Hand brake unbalanced ?

  • 18-03-2015 12:04pm
    #1
    bennyineire
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    Hey Pep's,

    I put the car through the NCT and the only thing it failed on was the hand brake is unbalanced ?, is this a big job to fix (I hope not, retest is this Friday)


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  • #2
    pippip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭pippip


    I think I failed on that last year and turned out the brake pads were worn on one side more than the other, replaced them and all fine. Should be able to visually see if one side is different.


  • #3
    pippip
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    OSI wrote: »
    If your pads are wearing unevenly from one side of the car to the other, then there's an imbalance in the braking system that you need to get seen to.

    Thats what I would have thought but the brake imbalance is perfect on the NCT test. Haven't changed the pads since, may inspect them next time I think of it.


  • #4
    rex-x
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    OSI wrote: »
    If you're lucky it can be adjusted with a nut that controls the tension, usually at the handbrake end. If that's already at it's limit or the cable is badly stretched you might need a new cable though. Neither are particularly big jobs.

    You cant fix an imbalance by adjusting the nut, thats only to control the travel of the handbrake lever. If the brakes are imbalanced its usually worn brake shoes/ drums/ incorrectly adjusted shoes(assuming drums) or seized caliper/bad auto adjuster on the cable(assuming discs)


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