Hand Brake Stuck On?

[Guest EGOXRT]

Who ever did the job last over adjusted them, they got hot and have bound themselves to the drum. You are going to have to remove the rubber grommet on the disc and slacken the adjusters then bash..

[jcooke]

so when I pull that rubber grommet off and look in the whole, I see a little gap in between what look like to half shoes. I assume these are the hbs? Do I need to split them further apart with a large screw driver and get mr mallet out?

Thanks again for the replies.

[RHR]

IF you can get the rotor to rotate there is a little inspection hole that had a grommet. Make sure the rotor is sitting flush and not at an angle.

You need to move the rotor so the hole is down the bottom.

Now you will need a torch to look through the hole as you rotate the hole ever so slowly towards the back.

You will need a hand brake tool to fix it.

If I remember correctly to de adjust on the driver side you have to rotate the little wheel inside the drum away from you.

Its a *beep* of a job and as ive done it so many times takes me about half an hour to do both side

You can use WD40 to try and help but you will have to throw the old shoes away.

[tab]

How did you get on? Set fire to the farker?

[jcooke]

well, long story short, stuck hand brake + sledge hammer (not hammer, not mallet, but sledgey) = released hand brake. We managed to get the shoes free however the disc still wouldnt come off. It did however mean that we could put it back together and drive the car to Paul at Elite for its scheduled service. They confirmed that it was missing one of the main clips (the big dog leg one) and alowed the shoes to sit on an angle.

This is not a nice fix by any rate, but when you gotta get it free. I tell ya what though, I was in the shed wheeling out the oxy when it come free.