Handbrake adjustement

**sebasteeno** · Sunday 17th January 2010, 20:11

How do you adjust it then?

**Tomcat** · Sunday 17th January 2010, 20:13

Yours should be the same as the 850. Open the centre armrest, in the bottom is a little flap,if you remove this you should be able to see the two adjusters inside (if I remember rightly).

**phil_woods** · Sunday 17th January 2010, 20:20

You can do it on the drums too if that doesn't work mate, there is a ratchet mechanism inside that you can see with the wheel off. A thin screwdriver in through an inspection hole allows you too loosen or tighten it up.

**mightywolf** · Monday 18th January 2010, 17:12

There should be a torx nut in the centre console that tightens the cable. Be careful though. If its nearly fully adjusted and the handbrake still isn't brilliant you'll have to adjust the drums like phil said.
Basically loosen off the torx bit in the centre console right off so its slack. Then take the rear wheels off. There should be a small hole near the top of the hub and in there is an adjustment cog. When I did mine I took the hub off aswell so you can see which way its supposed to turn to adjust the shoes the right way. It turns the opposite way on one side than it does on the other. Once you know which way to turn it put the hub back on stick a flat driver in the hole and push it round to adjust the shoes. Keep going till the hub won't move anymore and then slacken it off again a couple of notches. Same other side, put wheels on and re-adjust the torx nut in the centre console. Job done! Took me about 20mins and I'd never done it before.