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Mrs Robo's car has an electric handbrake, the switch doesn't do anything until you press the brake pedal.Now try doing that with an electric handbrake
Mrs Robo's car has an electric handbrake, the switch doesn't do anything until you press the brake pedal.Now try doing that with an electric handbrake
Just pull the button and hold it.Now try doing that with an electric handbrake
None of mg rovers handbrakes were any good, especially those that had rear calipers, the drums are slightly better. Then bmw implemented their stupid drum inside disc arrangement and they’re even worse…Normally yes, but the Rover 600 handbrakes barely stop the car rolling in a stiff breeze, even when working as perfectly as the day they came out of Longbridge.
I've always used to think it would be a good idea to make it hydraulic and just leaving the cables on "for show". At least it might be slightly useful then
In a 2010 Passat I had many years ago I found the handbrake would apply if the car was travelling below 2 or 3 mph, and stay on so as a youth it was possible to be a bit silly in the snow (those were the days! )Just pull the button and hold it.
It won't stay applied as long as the vehicle is still moving, so will release again if you let go of the button before coming to a complete stop.
Despite being electric, they do still function as an emergency brake.
As a mate at school found out when attempting to imitate our handbrake turns - me in a Renault 11 and a mate in a (real) Mini - in his dad's Citroen BX . . . interaction with fence post only narrowly avoided by pure luck!On Saab & other oddities with front wheel handbrakes the results may vary
I had a BX GTi (my mate had the posh Bx 16V GTi ), I found by going in reverse, turning on full lock then pulling the handbrake you got a very impressive handbrake turn in reverse, change into first gear and go !As a mate at school found out when attempting to imitate our handbrake turns - me in a Renault 11 and a mate in a (real) Mini - in his dad's Citroen BX . . . interaction with fence post only narrowly avoided by pure luck!
do my handbrake on my classics that have wheel nuts with a reversible torque wrench. wheel off lock two nuts together and set torque in stages up to say 60 ftlb (can't remember actual setting but you get the idea)Thanks guys; yep, when one side of the handbrake is a bit out of whack it's hard to spot; I'll ask around.
That is interesting, and at least you get a comparison of the two sides, but some real-life values for the torque would be useful. Anyone good at maths ?do my handbrake on my classics that have wheel nuts with a reversible torque wrench. wheel off lock two nuts together and set torque in stages up to say 60 ftlb (can't remember actual setting but you get the idea)