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Black Beauty
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remove BOTH hand brake cables, after slackening back the adjuster.
then with the engine idling press the foot pedal 10 times.
readjust the cable to 4 'clicks'
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Intresting... sounds like a trick for anouther day tho. lol
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bump 
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I'll give this a go got to do left side cable this week
is the adjuster under the gater
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given the saga with my ABS, I won't be changing the pads unsupervised , but I'll be sure to pass on your advice to the competent people, while they send me off to make tea!
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This morning I followed the procedure in the 1st post...went for a drive with the h/b full slack....brakes are now BRILLANT ..... well the pads fade after 8 or 10 hard stops but the 8 intial stops were perfect. 
I then adjusted the h/b to 4 "clicks".... both weheels drag on the wet road ... nearly caught me out 
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bump for newbies or anyone replacing rear pads
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BB, can you give more details of how you adjust the handbrake? Do you need to jack up the rear and adjust till wheels lock?
Also, is the engine running when you press the pedal with cable disconnected?
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no wheels off, just slacken the h/b adjuster
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Pat I tried this after I fitted the new cables,didn't really make any difference, I couldn't get the rear wheels to drag even on wet ground. Could it just be that my rear brakes are crap?
I fully slackened the adjuster.
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they pads need to be hot.... tbh mine doesn;t awlays drag but the arse of the car should 'sag'
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Topic: The secret to a good foot pedal
