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DarkBahamut |
posted on 16th May 07 at 15:00 |
My old corsa b never had a single problem on this hill, i had 5 people and a boot full of stuff and it would still hold. This corsa c will roll with even just myself in it. As we have road parking here it would mean that i could never ever park on my own road with it if it isnt fixed. | |
RichR |
posted on 16th May 07 at 14:56 |
and thats with full drum and cable rebuilds twice since I've had it | |
RichR |
posted on 16th May 07 at 14:56 |
Is this not a problem with Corsas in general? Mine has never held well on the handbrake on steep hills | |
DarkBahamut |
posted on 16th May 07 at 14:39 |
More fun on this one. Car went back to the garage for another 4 1/2 hours today and they still havent been able to fix it. Ive had to leave it there now and they are ordering everything for complete new rear brakes to see if that will fix it, but they arent convinced theres anything wrong with it now. | |
burgess |
posted on 14th May 07 at 22:29 |
Id hope so mate but you never know | |
DarkBahamut |
posted on 14th May 07 at 22:26 |
doesn't come up many at all, probabaly 4, 5 at the most. I think the garage said they had the drums apart today though, so they probabaly woould have noticed those things then? | |
burgess |
posted on 14th May 07 at 22:22 |
if its had the handbrake adjust how many clicks can you pull it on? if its 4 or 5 its correctly adjusted then it could be down to contaminated shoes ie the wheel cylinders could be leaking brake fluid etc | |
DarkBahamut |
posted on 14th May 07 at 22:14 |
Hmm, the car had an MOT only a few days ago and passed, yet the handbrake can't hold the car on the hill i live on (it is a very very steep hill, but still, it should hold) and 1500 rpm on the engine is enough to make it pull away with little complaint. | |
charlessurr |
posted on 14th May 07 at 22:11 |
Quick test is get biting point when its on, shud just sink down at the back, not move unless you apply some power tbh. | |
burgess |
posted on 14th May 07 at 22:10 |
if the efficiency is low it will fail it doesnt have to lock the wheels on the brake tester but if its not holding I doubt it will have enough efficiency to pass | |
TomSBD |
posted on 14th May 07 at 22:07 |
doesnt really work like that | |
DarkBahamut |
posted on 14th May 07 at 22:04 |
Is a car an MOT failure if the handbrake does not completely lock the rear wheels? |