Since I've had my Panda I haven't had one thing: a handbrake.
It'll hold on flat ground but even slight gradients with the utmost foot brake pressure at best provides a slight roll down and if lucky, a steady still potion.
I need a complete check list of what to check and how to identify what needs adjusted or replaced on the car to get the handbrake like new.
To be honest, I can put it in gear for parking but on steep hills to avoid burning out the relatively new clutch I'd like the functionality of the handbrake back.
Today pulling away from a petrol station I got funny looks.. thought I had a flat front wheel. It was pulling unevenly .. saw the handbrake light on the dash. My mistake.. but the handbrake showed no ability to hold back the wheels whatsoever!!
I wonder what made it this bad.. but I am determined to fix it once and for all.
Stretched handbrake cable? Weak drum brakes?
It'll hold on flat ground but even slight gradients with the utmost foot brake pressure at best provides a slight roll down and if lucky, a steady still potion.
I need a complete check list of what to check and how to identify what needs adjusted or replaced on the car to get the handbrake like new.
To be honest, I can put it in gear for parking but on steep hills to avoid burning out the relatively new clutch I'd like the functionality of the handbrake back.
Today pulling away from a petrol station I got funny looks.. thought I had a flat front wheel. It was pulling unevenly .. saw the handbrake light on the dash. My mistake.. but the handbrake showed no ability to hold back the wheels whatsoever!!
I wonder what made it this bad.. but I am determined to fix it once and for all.
Stretched handbrake cable? Weak drum brakes?