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Also tightened my hand break by tightening the 13mm nut under the arm rest. I did it nice and tight to the handbreak is on after just a couple of clicks. Could this be too tight?
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Yes, because of the self adjusters on the rear calipers.
I had a problem with my handbrake.
See below.
I had my handbrake cable too tight. I was trying to make it apply a few clicks earlier.
There is a sprung lever on each of the rear calipers that the handbrake cable attaches too. This lever has to go back and touch its "stop" This then allows the self adjuster to work. If the cable is too tight and either of the 2 levers are not touching their stops the Auto mechanism on that caliper will not work.
I have had to accept a slightly higher handbrake lever but with working Auto adjusters.
Worth checking
As my levers were off the stops my handbrake just got worse and worse. I was about to change the cables but did a final check, slackened the cables to allow the levers to touch their stops and all suddenly came good.
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