darren wrote:
> HELP!
>
> I know I asked this question before and someone replied that you can adjust
> the handbrake cable ontop of the rear calipers - but yesterday jacking the
> car up - the cable goes straight onto a spring linkage clevis and is not
> adjustable! has anyone done this before? is the linkage adjustable from
> inside the car - do I have to remove the center console to get access?
>
> Unfortunately this is my fiancées car - and now I look stupid for taking
> her car apart and only put the stuff back on with no success!
>
> Apart from buying a manual (I'm not going to pay for it) maybe I'll suggest
> that she takes it to the local garage where they can adjust it in 30secs!!!
>
> Darren
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If nobody who drives that car ever uses the park brake, you may not need
to adjust anything. It's supposed to click four or five times to
lock-up, but if it doesn't get used, it won't seem to work right when it
does get used. Read the owner's manual about this part.

The adjustment is under the plastic console, but don't adjust it for too
few 'clicks' or it won't adjust automatically AT ALL in the future. It's
not a Volkswagen. :-)

If the Park brake has been unused, try backing up very slowly, and yank
the brake on and off (sharply) about twenty times to notch up the stars.
Count the clicks before and after to prove if you're accomplishing
anything. It won't over-tighten.


'Curly'