Brake info
Hi Pierre,
What car are you doing the handbrake on?, if its the S60 read on..
Try pulling the handbrake lever up when the car is rolling at 5-10mph, and see if you get any kind of noise or response from the back brakes, you should hear some brake noise and some slow braking if you put some pressure on the handbrake.. if nothing maybe you have a broken or failing cable, there is a
bar linking the 2 cables i believe from memory in the centre console rear,
Have attached some pictures of inside the rear brakes (S60, 06 year), which might help, the way the cable end attaches onto the mechanism makes for some confusion (did for me anyway..) and there is a possibility to get it back in the wrong place, see pics, of even better take some as you disasemble it.
The metal block (left side in right/wrong pics) that the shoe end stops against is where the rollback comes from, the block can wear which adds to the rollback movement..
Using the adjusters in place of the bar will help but first i would suggest replacing shoes and or disc to see what difference you get.
Anyway hope that helps... and please post what you find out its interesting to hear..
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