handbrake sticking on??
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Galen
Lifer
every since the snow and heavy frost my handbrake decides to f#$k with my emotions and stick on..Wat wud the cause of this be and how would i sort it??
Its from the cold, same happened mine last week. I just leave it in gear now and dont use the handbrake.
Rumel786
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I had the exact same problem this morning, handbrake stuck on and rear calipers froze.
All i did was get some warm water, on both calipers, kept tapping the brakes and after about 10 mins voila the handbrake was un-stuck.
Tonight i will be jacking the car up and cleaning the handbrake cable.
All i did was get some warm water, on both calipers, kept tapping the brakes and after about 10 mins voila the handbrake was un-stuck.
Tonight i will be jacking the car up and cleaning the handbrake cable.
glanzaandy
Fresh Recruit
mine did the same the other week, i jacked up the car removed the back wheels and the spring on the rear brakes had stuck and filled with grit, so i cleaned it up and added a nice spray of wd40, to the spring, not discs or pads, and its been fine since
Blak_Mamber
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I replaced my handbrake cables last year as they were pretty worn anyway... no problems this year!!
Dave@TM-developments.com
Trader
Common problem, the outer cables wear allowing water ingress then it freezes. New cables usually clears it completely
Blak_Mamber
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^^ I did the above, sorted it right out & handbrake feels like its from a new car :beer:
durmz
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J25GTi
Lifer
I have this problem, and ive found a much quicker way, keep a piece of carboard in the back of your car, and use the jack handle, stick it inbetween the caliper and the handbrake mechanism and just manually pull the handbrake off,(obviously the handbrake needs to be down first!)
takes 2 seconds to do, and you are 100% sure that it has fully released
takes 2 seconds to do, and you are 100% sure that it has fully released
dac69er
Super Moderator
i changed the cables on mine and it made it 100 times better. i do find the mechanism on the caliper itself does tend to stick a bit now and again though
only in the winter with all the shit on the road though. a clean up and regrease sorts it but ill just stick to leaving it in gear and its fine then.
only in the winter with all the shit on the road though. a clean up and regrease sorts it but ill just stick to leaving it in gear and its fine then.
Gilly2006
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i changed the cables on mine and it made it 100 times better. i do find the mechanism on the caliper itself does tend to stick a bit now and again though
only in the winter with all the shit on the road though. a clean up and regrease sorts it but ill just stick to leaving it in gear and its fine then.
yeh if you change the cables it does help alot, mine are abit knackerd and have been sticking with the cold weather so iv just had to leave the car in gear.
its been abit bad when iv forgot and its stuck on and had to drive home.
new cables me thinks and i know a place near me that supplies them for 75% of the price of Toyota.
dac69er
Super Moderator
i got mine off ricky
had to make 1 small mod to fit them as they dont actually sell them for the mk1.my old cables had a split in them, kept filling them with wd40 in the meantime but glad i changed them. last MOT the bloke commented on the shite handbrake, works really well now!
Gilly2006
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yeh im gona change mine soon, give you an idea how bad they are, i can put the handbrake on fully, and i can't even lock the rear wheels up on ice!i got mine off ricky
my old cables had a split in them, kept filling them with wd40 in the meantime but glad i changed them. last MOT the bloke commented on the shite handbrake, works really well now!
don't know they hold the car on a hill