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Hand Break / e-brake

Postby Adam Parr » 25 Feb 2010 13:49

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]

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Postby HDRider » 25 Feb 2010 14:22

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.

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Postby jclay (RIP 2018) » 25 Feb 2010 14:22

Adam,

I have never done it but I am sure it is in the TR7man.pdf on my download page. Try that.

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Postby jclay (RIP 2018) » 25 Feb 2010 14:26

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Adjustment on this arm.
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Postby Adam Parr » 27 Feb 2010 13:50

Thankyou guys, your knowledge and information has been a massive help
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Postby Rich in Vancouver » 27 Feb 2010 19:46

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.

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Postby FI Spyder » 28 Feb 2010 05:18

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.


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