General Cinq HANDBRAKE...HELP

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General Cinq HANDBRAKE...HELP

Grevsy

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My Mrs has a N Reg cinq, I have had nothing but problems with the handbrake, the history is...it has snapped, been adjusted, replaced, changed & changed the rear shoes & it is still S**t. Anyone got any advice on how to solve this???

Its with the mechanic now...for the MOT, so as much help before next tues would be GREAT!

PS...Keep an eye for pics in the near future...

Thanks for your time
 
This sort of thing pops up all the time..................a quick search will do the trick (y)
 
When i replaced my rear wheel bearings I scraped out all the flaky paint and rust from the drum breaking surface. This made it loads better, try it and hopefully it will work for you.
 
Thanks, Problem is, the car has been off the road for a couple of months, its been parked on the drive (in 1st - to stop it rolling), It now has its MOT, so I have problem with Handbrake & because it was left in gear ~ somehow the gearbox is pissing out oil (something to do with some rubber inside perrishing away...todays not been a good day!!!)
 
is it an 899 s/sx ?

if so the gearbag oil leak will be down to the inner CV boots - the inner CVs are lubricated by the gearbag oil. it'll need replacing before the mot!

h'brake, like people have said - quick search will get the answers. no need to type it all out again (y)
 
Yeh the mechanis siad it was those inner CV joints...Don't mean to be stupid but was is this quick search business?
 
the forum has a search function, if you bung "handbrake" into that - all sorts of threads will pop up with other people who've had trouble with their handrabkes.

lots of advice in there, more so than i could cover right now.

it'll just be cv boots, not joints - just the rubber covers really. but it means the driveshaft has to come out to replace them
 
Is it expensive? Mechanic has not given me a price yet for the h.brake & g.box...

Cheers for your time!
 
Nice one I have found the search toolbar, did not even know that existed, thanks!
 
first it went up three, & still rolled, however it will now go up 5 (very hard for a bloke to do, so a girl has no chance or doing it or un-doing it)...not wanting to sound sexist...Handbrake is a right pain, aggghhhhh!!
 
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