Near miss! - Page 4

clf · 21st August 2019, 13:24

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Originally Posted by Darcydog

Thanks - have to say that I see this from both standpoints. Whilst I really dislike the action of applying the handbrake without depressing the button - the noise genuinely offends my sense of mechanical sympathy - I also find it difficult to believe that the ratchet teeth suffer significant wear

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I’m sure there is wear - just as the ratchet teeth in an old mechanical clock will wear out over time - the time taken for wear to be significant is considerable.

And the ratchets are far more delicate in a clock and work constantly 24/7.

So whilst I still hate the thought of “ratchet abuse” and don’t do it - I’m not sure a handbrake ratchet suffers much by this heinous abuse.....

I think it is the strength and weight of the spring and the ratchet that cause the wear on the teeth. A handbrake ratchet will wear for sure. (I believe a few people on the forum.have requested levers due to wear in the past, although it may well have been a different forum, but it was a zt/75)

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Comfortably Numb · 21st August 2019, 19:32

If anything, the Rover's handbrake grip should improve as the brakes cool, and the drum shrinks. Many years ago, I was visiting my brother who lived at the top of a hill in Gravesend. He had just brought a brand new Xantia back for a test drive, and parked it at the top of the slope. He was telling me over tea what a work-out he had given the car on his way home, when there was a loud and urgent knock on the door. His irate neighbour from a few doors down had seen him park the shiny new car 30 yards up the road from his beloved old Granada. While he was sitting down to his evening meal, he had heard a loud bang, and looked out to see the Xantia parked in the rear of his Granada. My brother apologised profusely, insisting he had set the handbrake on the Xantia, and we set off to retrieve it. The handbrake was up, but went up another notch without too much effort. As he reversed the Xantia, the Granada's big chrome bumper fell onto the road, along with a good deal of rust. The Xantia had hardly a scratch, but my brother exchanged insurance details to pacify the owner, while not admitting liability. A year later, Citroen issued a recall on all early Xantias, for a modification to the handbrake, which worked through the front calipers on the discs, which shrank as they cooled. Years later, I had a second-hand Xantia, a lovely car. I always pulled up the handbrake an extra notch, and turned the wheels to the kerb, when parked on a slope. BTW, since adjusting carefully, the Rover's handbrake is excellent. It doesn't have the modified yoke at the front.

HarryM1BYT · 21st August 2019, 20:31

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Originally Posted by clf

(I believe a few people on the forum.have requested levers due to wear in the past, although it may well have been a different forum, but it was a zt/75)

Yes I remember those posts.

21st August 2019, 19:32	#32
Comfortably Numb Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Penrith Posts: 1,336 Thanks: 165 Thanked 303 Times in 241 Posts	If anything, the Rover's handbrake grip should improve as the brakes cool, and the drum shrinks. Many years ago, I was visiting my brother who lived at the top of a hill in Gravesend. He had just brought a brand new Xantia back for a test drive, and parked it at the top of the slope. He was telling me over tea what a work-out he had given the car on his way home, when there was a loud and urgent knock on the door. His irate neighbour from a few doors down had seen him park the shiny new car 30 yards up the road from his beloved old Granada. While he was sitting down to his evening meal, he had heard a loud bang, and looked out to see the Xantia parked in the rear of his Granada. My brother apologised profusely, insisting he had set the handbrake on the Xantia, and we set off to retrieve it. The handbrake was up, but went up another notch without too much effort. As he reversed the Xantia, the Granada's big chrome bumper fell onto the road, along with a good deal of rust. The Xantia had hardly a scratch, but my brother exchanged insurance details to pacify the owner, while not admitting liability. A year later, Citroen issued a recall on all early Xantias, for a modification to the handbrake, which worked through the front calipers on the discs, which shrank as they cooled. Years later, I had a second-hand Xantia, a lovely car. I always pulled up the handbrake an extra notch, and turned the wheels to the kerb, when parked on a slope. BTW, since adjusting carefully, the Rover's handbrake is excellent. It doesn't have the modified yoke at the front.