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Hand Break / e-brake
Posted: 25 Feb 2010 13:49
by Adam Parr
Hi everyone,
does anyone know how to tighten the hand brake of our wedges?
I'm not looking to do a disk conversion i just want to tighten the brake so it will pass road worthy (time constraint).
i want to get my 7 on the road before the 13 of march (its my nanna's birthday and I want to drive it down to Ballina, which is about 2hours dive from where i live)
thanks in advance
Adam [:D]
Posted: 25 Feb 2010 14:22
by HDRider
If the handbrake lever goes up more than a few clicks chances are the automatic brake adjuster ratchets are installed upside down. I have bought 3 wedges and they all were the same, installed upsidedown.
Edward Hamer
Petaluma CA
Posted: 25 Feb 2010 14:22
by jclay (RIP 2018)
Adam,
I have never done it but I am sure it is in the TR7man.pdf on my download page. Try that.
jclay
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Posted: 25 Feb 2010 14:26
by jclay (RIP 2018)
Adjustment on this arm.
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jclay
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Posted: 27 Feb 2010 13:50
by Adam Parr
Thankyou guys, your knowledge and information has been a massive help
Adam
Posted: 27 Feb 2010 19:46
by Rich in Vancouver
If your brakes are adjusted properly at the wheels and your handbrake is still too high there is a cable adjustment under the lever above the driveshaft. Make sure the brakes are good at the wheels before taking up any slack here though.
1975 TR7 ACL764U
Posted: 28 Feb 2010 05:18
by FI Spyder
Be careful not to tighten too much. I don't know how many clicks for the TR7 off hand but I decided to tighten up my Toyota's and I wore my brakes out. Turns out it should be set at a sloppy 6 clicks.
TR7 Spider - 1978 Spifire - 1976 Spitfire - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra
