Rear pads and handbrake adjustment on late 9000

Hi,

Learned to do the handbrake on the early c900s. I seem to have to learn to do the same on the 9000 (1997 2.0 :PT model)

A couple of questions.

Is the screw on the rear caliper for winding back the piston easy to spot? (not enough space for my head in there)?

Setting the handbrake lever travel. Do we just set it using the feeler gauge on the lever at the caliper? At how many notches would it start catching and at how many would you expect it to stop traveling?

TIA Charles

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Charles C.
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Can't help you on setting handbrake. Never did it on my 9k's. The piston back-up screw is covered by a bolt on the rear caliper.

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yaofeng

Thank you. This helps. I was just looking at it.

Regards Charles

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Charles C.

_if_ it's like on a late 80's 900 Turbo, which I believe it is: There's what looks like a 13mm bolt on the back of the caliper. That's actually a plug/cap over the adjusting screw.

Back that plug out (13mm socket), and you'll see the adjusting screw. If I recall correctly, it's a 5mm allen-head, but I don't recall which way to turn it, maybe somene else here does.

Two clicks before it starts to catch, maybe 3. Top of travel should be against cable-stretch, rather than against a hard stop in the handbrake lever.

Dave Hinz

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Dave Hinz

Counter-clockwise (as the wrench sees it) to back the piston out, IIRC. On a late 900.

I never got my handbrake adjusted properly, but after driving around for a day or two it automagically adjusted itself to perfection.

John

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John B

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