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Originally Posted by daemon
Help!
I've - with rose tinted glasses - bought an MG ZT in need of MOT and its failed twice now on the handbrake!!!
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Having read your posts on the other forum....
A poor handbrake on the MG/75 is a very common problem, such that MOT examiners make some allowance for it..
Only rarely have there been problems with seized cables, usually it is the compensator stretched + poor adjustment + a coat of rust from lack of use in the drum. Some have reported the shoe's friction material have broken up.
If it sort of works, but the lever comes up a long way, almost certainly it will be the compensator which has stretched. I have gone into great detail how to get the handbrake back to great performance in my 'How To'. A couple of hours of effort normally achieves this.