Diagnosing poor hand brake performance

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Punks

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Flushed my brake lines today (it's been a while..) and had another go at adjusting my hand brake. I adjusted the rods in the drum, but I've ever had much luck with getting proper hand brake performance with it.

I wondering if the rear/secondary cable gets stretched on these or whether it's just that my drums and shoes need replacing (which they probably do anyway)?

I know of course I can also adjust it in the cabin, but I never seem to be able to get it to come on well enough.
 
Adjusting it in the cabin is probably the way to go. The cable itself may be rusting/seizing in the cable casing though. Mine is completely solid and wont budge at all, new one is in a box on my bench where it is safe from rust! :p
 
deskinthewoods said:
Adjusting it in the cabin is probably the way to go. The cable itself may be rusting/seizing in the cable casing though. Mine is completely solid and wont budge at all, new one is in a box on my bench where it is safe from rust! :p
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Thanks, but yeah.. Adjusting it just in the cabin isn't going to cut it in my case, at least my cable isn't rusty tho!
 
Punks said:
Thanks, but yeah.. Adjusting it just in the cabin isn't going to cut it in my case, at least my cable isn't rusty tho!
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Have you read this thread during your research? It has some tips and references the service manual on adjustment procedures:

Brake problems after MC rebuild

So I rebuilt my master cylinder yesterday and replaced my rear drum shoes, hats and wheel cylinders. Was having problems bleeding the rears with endless/consistant large streams of bubbles. I noticed the bleeder seemed lose for 1/3 of a turn so I put some grease on the thread and the bubbles...
delicaforum.com delicaforum.com
 
Sputnik said:
Have you read this thread during your research? It has some tips and references the service manual on adjustment procedures:

Brake problems after MC rebuild

So I rebuilt my master cylinder yesterday and replaced my rear drum shoes, hats and wheel cylinders. Was having problems bleeding the rears with endless/consistant large streams of bubbles. I noticed the bleeder seemed lose for 1/3 of a turn so I put some grease on the thread and the bubbles...
delicaforum.com delicaforum.com
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Could be some useful info in there, thanks, I did search the forum but didn't find that.
 
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