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[omegod]

I just don't get on with them . I put some pads in the back of a mates clit and can't get the bloody handbrake to sort itself out, pumped the pedal then tried the handbrake and there's slack in it at the caliper on one side. Give me a g clamp and a bit of wood anytime rather than the myriad of left hand right hand + adaptors and faff on these modern things. Looks like it's start again time !

 

[Webby the Bear]

With most wind-in calipers i've worked on you have to line up a pin on the backside of the pad in to the groove in the piston. if you dont it'll be spongy. you usually end up having to have the ''plus sign'' or straight line lined up so as you look at it it looks straight.

sorry if you already knew that but they should be easy

[omegod]

No slots on these webby,got an inch of slack on one cable. I'll look again tomorrow, I just don't like the buggers 

[Webby the Bear]

 

Would that suggest that the cable mechanism is fubar'd?

[omegod]

Either that is or I am  either way they still suck 

[Crazycarzowner]

I had that trouble on a mates car, one side of the handbrake mechanism was seized, a little WD40 later all working fine! 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Reading the thread title, I thought you were fed up with the noise of the wind whistling through your calipers! 

[tidla]

As mentioned above, make sure the quadrant on the caliper which connects to the handbrake cable moves.

[BazaJT]

Modern things?The Rover P6 had wind in pistons on the rear calipers back in the 60's!!!

[Marks DTM Calib]

There must be slack in BOTH sides on the handbrake cable with it released and the cable is totally unrelated to the wind in process.

As with all handbrake setups!

By far the greatest error regularly made on all setups is that some still think you setup a handbrake by adjusting the cable, all this results in is a brake setup which cant auto adjust. 

[omegod]

Turned out the cable had detached from the other end  , sorted now and I kept the £3 I found under the center console 

I still hate wind in calipers tho