My Rover 220 has failed its mot on poor handbrake performance (7%) what is the minimum for a parking brake ? I have had the car from new in 93 and the handbrake as always been crap, it will lock the wheels when parked and will nearly stall if you try to drive away, but whilst moving it seems to have never had any effect at all. I replaced the pads today , cleaned and greased everything where necessary, adjusted the cable to take up any slack in the cables and its still the same, are rear disks always crap, what can I do to get it through its mot retest ?
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18 years ago