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Be happy that there's a handbrake - even if it's being pulled off the floorpan . From the Passat, if it's electric when it doesn't go "bzzzzzz" it's about £500 plus labour plus diagnostics to dial it in. . |
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I suppose it's like so many other things, you use it without thinking. I only ever set the handbrake after stopping and then never use my thumb. Just three fingers to lift it four clicks. Although with an auto in 'P'.....
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Sounds a tad expensive. Glad ours on the Rover/ZT is manual. You can buy a whole Rover for that amount. The diesel is in the garage, as is my friends, just in gear, no handbrake applied.As Wraymond say’s, no need for the handbrake if it’s an auto.. when I apply my handbrake, button and lift. No ratcheting noise.
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I know it----I just know it--I'm really going to get some flack over my opinion but here goes.
Lots of learned gentlemen have been applying considerable effort and skill to the WRONG problem. They have all been trying to shut the stable door AFTER the horse has bolted. The basic requirement is to produce FRICTION between the drum material and the brake shoes. All of these laudable efforts by the forums most skilled members have been towards repairing the damage caused by the lack of friction at the drum. As the friction becomes less the effort to make the brakes work requires more and more input of power at the brake lever. Everybody has lost sight of this necessary friction in the efforts to design something that even King Kong could not damage.--------Laudable effort as stated but unfortunately misplaced. Even if I apply my handbrake on the move, with less force than is necessary to do mechanical damage, both back wheels lock. YES the wheels stop turning. I am now about to run for cover.--- Last edited by COLVERT; 1st December 2020 at 20:19.. |
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That is cheap, a customer had problems with the electric handbrake on a Land Rover and by the time he had it back the bill was well over £1k. The dealer reckoned that have had a lot of problems and keep the parts in stock.
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