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Originally Posted by 400-ascona
The lining has come off your handbrake shoes would be my bet.
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Amongst the other checks anyway - my money would be on this. i've had the same problem which was precisely down to disintegrated shoes. I believe that when reversing the material is pushed back into the 'thin end of a wedge' mechanism which actually makes the brake very effective...
As per the the other comments too though - it's quite possible that when it's apart the whole thing will need attention anyway ..as mine did.
It's a shame - this is probably the one simple requirement of the car that is woefully inadequate. As mine is manual - I'll regularly leave it in gear now on anything but a level surface (I've woken up to it on my opposite neighbours drive one morning - that was worrying)...
cheers
Ian.