Handbrake Creak

[Nookie]

Here's my hyper erect handbrake btw.

FFS man... you've either got the left arm of a weightlifter or you've been spending too much time doing a leftie when you're watching porn on your PC !

Edit: Love the carbon dash by the way !

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[Manders Mustang]

FFS man... you've either got the left arm of a weightlifter or you've been spending too much time doing a leftie when you're watching porn on your PC !

Edit: Love the carbon dash by the way !

I use my right ;)!


And I don't think so, it's literally just push button lift up until it stops lifting easily, release button, laugh. I must be hench :lol::lol:


P.s thanks !

 

[23TGrabberBlue]

Seems there are 2 camps for this...those that yank the handbrake like their life depended on it (Manders), and those that raise it just enough. I'm the latter, and if I'm on a slight hill, I'll raise it a little more. It'll creak a little if I'm on a hill, but then I just pull it up a little harder - but never so it points to the roof like Manders :lol:

IMO if you're on a flat surface, it doesn't need to be pulled that high, but I know there are some heavy handed folks out there. I remember shouting at my Dad when he drove my Ecoboost & lifted it too high for my liking :tsk:

Yep, for parking at work or in the garage, I use just enough tension for it to bite. If it's on the drive, which is slightly sloped I put a bit more shoulder into it. It doesn't feel like the cables lack tension, more that the pads just don't want to bite.

 

[croyde]

I remember helping a woman who couldn't drive her car out of a tight parking space in a supermarket.

I drove the car out for her, yanked on the handbrake and left her to go shopping.

Half an hour later I come out to complete chaos in the car park. It's gridlocked and lots of horns blaring and in the middle of it all is the same hapless woman standing outside her car, which is blocking everyone.

I walk over to her and she's relieved to see me.

Tells me that her handbrake is stuck.

I sit in the driver's seat, press the button on the end of the lever and let off the handbrake.

Oh! I didn't realise you had to press the button, she says.

 

[SteveS]

I still press it don't get me wrong, but you don't need to ;)! Also the noise is fucking annoying if you dont press it. But the press button is traditionally as a release rather than an engager. yada yada, more pointless words ;)!

It might take an age to wear out the mechanism but its hardly a lot of extra effort and prevention of any wear has to be a good thing. It's like your passenger attempting to put their (her) door right through the car and out the other side when closing. It's a big lump of metal and there's a balance point where it'll close easily...best practices ;)

 

[Manders Mustang]

It might take an age to wear out the mechanism but its hardly a lot of extra effort and prevention of any wear has to be a good thing. It's like your passenger attempting to put their (her) door right through the car and out the other side when closing. It's a big lump of metal and there's a balance point where it'll close easily...best practices ;)

indeed, but I think my handbrake is more down to how it's aligned or some sh1t. it literally lifts up there easily. :lol:

 

[mad murph]

I still press it don't get me wrong, but you don't need to ;)! Also the noise is fucking annoying if you dont press it. But the press button is traditionally as a release rather than an engager. yada yada, more pointless words ;)!

Here's my hyper erect handbrake btw.

Completely not on topic and I apologise in advance but Manders I like the red piping in your car. How did you do it and was it difficult to do?

Thanks

John

 

[Entai]

I think the handbrake traditionally used the rear drums, but I don't think the discs are used for the handbrake on a modern car. I think there's a separate little 'mini-drum' or something?

The majority of cars with rear disc brakes have the handbrake working through the main rear brake caliper.

The next most common occurrence is to have as you say a small mini drum within the hub arrangement for the handbrake.

A third option, much rarer than the first two, is to have a secondary caliper and set of pads, acting on the same rear disc, purely for the handbrake.

 

[Manders Mustang]

Completely not on topic and I apologise in advance but Manders I like the red piping in your car. How did you do it and was it difficult to do?

Thanks

John

It's red leather flanged piping (3mm DIAMETER)

This stuff to be exact
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