bad inferno Member 130 Member For: 19y 6m 9d Posted 28/02/07 12:07 PM Share Posted 28/02/07 12:07 PM My XR6 has suffered from the same infliction that my Fairmont had...The hand brake, although working perfectly in stopping the car moving forward....if I park on a slight incline the car can easily roll backwards...in fact you can put the handbrake on and just push the car backwards however try to roll it forward and its like a rock....I did mention this at service however they found no fault as they only tried the handbrake for stopping the car going forward..The hand brake probably pulls up <5 clicksAnybody else had this...Is there any type of recall (XR6T 2005 BA)Is it easy to adjust the handbrake yourself ?cheers rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR06T Silver Donating Members 4,146 Member For: 19y 8m 2d Gender: Male Posted 01/03/07 03:07 AM Share Posted 01/03/07 03:07 AM its easy to adjust the cable mate.. get it up on the ramps and you'll see what needs to be done. not a hard job at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
instro Member 67 Member For: 18y 9m 22d Location: South Coast NSW Posted 01/03/07 10:13 AM Share Posted 01/03/07 10:13 AM Have a search back through some of the old posts on handbrakes. I remeber someone posting up a Technical Service Bulletin (TSB) about it....it was alot more complicated than just adjusting the cable.Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
instro Member 67 Member For: 18y 9m 22d Location: South Coast NSW Posted 01/03/07 10:35 AM Share Posted 01/03/07 10:35 AM The TSB is in this threadhttp://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=27144 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHR BOOST Moderating Team 5,698 Member For: 21y 5m 20d Gender: Male Location: Southern Highlands NSW Posted 01/03/07 12:13 PM Share Posted 01/03/07 12:13 PM The TSB is a waste of time it does not fix anything.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyXR6T Member 22 Member For: 18y 5m 2d Posted 01/03/07 12:21 PM Share Posted 01/03/07 12:21 PM if I can give u any advice before your warrenty runs out, its get your rear brakes completely refitted, including discs, shoes, adjusters etc etc, it will only get worse and worse.Your shoes are incorrectly adjusted, and there is a small hole in the side of the brake drum to adjust this, but it is a pain in the arse to get to.Removing the drum damages the shoes, and adjusting the shoes, it was a hit and miss thing, not holding, and then rubbing.In the end, replaced the lot, and can straight away notice the difference. Holding in reverse, and no drag felt on the rear after sitting on the handbrake for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superoo Member 340 Member For: 22y 3m 24d Gender: Male Posted 01/03/07 10:44 PM Share Posted 01/03/07 10:44 PM The TSB is a waste of time it does not fix anything..←Have had the magic TSB applied twice and you are correct. To be blunt, it's bloody worse and now I have an intermittent squeak at low speeds as well. To be fair, the dealer did do it at no charge (I'm out of warranty) but I have complained about this from very early days. Either the TSB is useless or my dealer is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR06T Silver Donating Members 4,146 Member For: 19y 8m 2d Gender: Male Posted 02/03/07 06:19 AM Share Posted 02/03/07 06:19 AM . Either the TSB is useless or my dealer is.←all of the above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
instro Member 67 Member For: 18y 9m 22d Location: South Coast NSW Posted 02/03/07 08:43 AM Share Posted 02/03/07 08:43 AM I had mine done at the local dealer and its worked great ever since. I guess I got lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHR BOOST Moderating Team 5,698 Member For: 21y 5m 20d Gender: Male Location: Southern Highlands NSW Posted 02/03/07 09:01 AM Share Posted 02/03/07 09:01 AM Do you reckon if ford machined the inside of the drums it would fix it. The morons cant even adjust it properly one side of the car lifts or squats when I wack the brake on.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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