jezmoz 0 Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 I had my rear callipers changed thinking this was the problem why my handbrake didn't work very well. My drive is very steep but my lass has no problems parking her citroen xantia tankon there. Anyway I got the car back on Friday and parked it on the drive, it made a few noises like it did before the repair, so i wiggled about to try and get it to move but it was ok, left it in neutral and went indoors. I used to put bricks behind it and leave it in first. five mins later the car was at the bottom of the drive. What is wrong?? The bloke who fitted the calipers said the cable was a bit stretched?? any ideas Link to post Share on other sites
dubloke 4 Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 could be the primary or secondary cables that have stretched to their limits! how far do you have to pull the handbrake on to engage,what you believe, is enuff to hold it? if its any more than 4 clicks then you need to look at the cable, ideally you should be able to pull the handbrake 3 clicks and feel thats more than enuff to stop the car rolling! Link to post Share on other sites
jezmoz 0 Posted September 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 on my drive I have to really give it a good tug on normal roads etc it's fine. How much are the cables to replace? the guy did say one of them was stretched. Link to post Share on other sites
dubloke 4 Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 the cables are not tha much tbh, maybe 30 quid or there abouts for all of them depending on where u get them from! there are two secondary cables and one primary i believe. might as well do them all together then you have piece of mind its all taken care of! Link to post Share on other sites
jezmoz 0 Posted September 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 cheers mate Link to post Share on other sites
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