Hand Break Cable

[Bees 0]

Hi guys,

 

I was wondering if anyone could tell me where the adjusters for the hand break cable are located on my 93 VR6 – I would have thought they were either under the plastic surround where the hand break is or under the car – could any one clarify this for me.

 

Thanks a lot

[chrishill 0]

Take the center tunnel plastics out and you'll find them sat under there.

[Bees 0]

Ok thank you very much for that - just wanted to check i was not going to take it apart for no reason :)

[_leon_ 0]

you can also adjust at the caliper end - details are on here somewhere...

 

apparently its better to adjust at the caliper rather than the lever...

[stevemac 0]

Rear brakes are completely self adjusting. Is the handbrake mechanism on your rear caliper/s seized ??

[Kevin Bacon 5]

All the adjustment is at the handbrake end. All you get at the caliper end is a sprung loaded cantilever which you can unclip the cables from, but there's no cable adjustment on the caliper itself.

[_leon_ 0]

i stand corrected :)

[Bees 0]

Yes i located the cable fine and adjusted it to one of the wheels (thanks alot :) )- but the wheel still does not spin as freely as it should - as other rear wheel spins fine.

 

The rear brake calipers are uprated golf MKIII - ones with the springs - but i think that it is the caliper sticking or seizing up a bit - i drive and it normally ok but sometimes (twice in last week) smoke starts coming out from the rear brake and i can sometimes smell the pad on the disc too when i brake hard - and like said the wheel does not move as freely as it should

 

Do you think it is Seizing? and if so would it mean a whole new caliper?

[stevemac 0]

Yes - it is seized & yes - you need a new one.

 

BTW - MK3 calipers seize just as easily as the MK2 ones .. :wink:

 

If you want calipers that won't seize, you'll need MK4 ones with conversion brake hoses.

[Bees 0]

ok thanks for that - i will be taking car to get that done then!!! :(

 

I have only recently bought the car and the person i bought the car from said that he had late style MK3 rear calipers - which have alot less chance of seizing - put on the rear - with that in mind i thought that the handbreak cable was a little tight on the wheel, so loosened (as it was a touch) and still the problem exisits - but as you say it sounds like i need a new caliper!

 

 

off hand does anyone know how much money a new caliper would be?

 

Thanks alot for help

 

Bees

[stevemac 0]

Mk2 & Mk3 calipers are both prone to seizing with equal regularity (after a few years). Unless you're going to be keeping the car for several years, stick Mk2 calipers on. If you're keeping the car - stick a pair of Mk4 calipers & conversion brake hoses on.

 

The guy who told you that Mk3 calipers were less likely to seize than Mk2 ones was talking crap.

[_leon_ 0]

I recently fitted the Mk4s - simple - each one was done in about 40 mins (and I did actually adjust only at the lever end ;))