ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Does anyone elses hand brake stick on when they park up and leave the car standing for a while. Mne keeps on sticking on both of my cars and it's getting realy annoying!
How do I fix it?
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Jake
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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so your letting the lever down but the brakes are still engaged?
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Yea, I release the handbrake, but one or both of the back drums stay locked.
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Rob_Corsa
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
Location: Derbyshire
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it can be caused by a lip on the drum or lack of copper slip on backplate. Ive fixed a few corsas/novas with the problem
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Kev1980
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Registered: 27th Dec 05
Location: Berkshire
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could be wheel cylinders leaking brake fluid on to shoes causing them to stick to drum.
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hopper
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Registered: 14th Apr 02
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most common cause is the hand brake cables seized up in the guides either side of the rear axle.
there is also the chance that the handbrake levers on the trailing shoes are seized up
or if there is a lot of dust built up inside the drum then sumtimes wen damp this can lead the rear brakes dragging
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ed
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I think it's the dust thing hopper mentioned actually. It only happens when it's wet I think...
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hopper
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
I think it's the dust thing hopper mentioned actually. It only happens when it's wet I think...
just take the drums off and give um a good scrubbing up with some p40 sand paper, also give the shoes a roughen up too
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Tas
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Registered: 11th Dec 05
Location: Nottingham Drives: MG ZR
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mine does the same, its well annoying
ive only just started having this problem since the snow so hopefully just due to bad conditions
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