Hanbrake cable ...

You might need to do both.

Adjust first at the backplate - but don't go too far or you'll get the symptoms reported here recently. If you then decide that the lever movement is too great, adjust the cable.

Cheers for that.

Now, and this might sound like a feckin' stupid question ... which way to turn the 'adjuster' to tighten the cable? It's unclear in Haynes BoL and I haven't found my Rave CD since moving the PC.

It is rather! How about trial and error.

My skinned knuckles are testament to the trials and many errors, the damn adjuster just won't move. I'm hoping that when I tighten the shoes it'll free off ... though I might end up taking the centre console out.

Fat hands, I guess ... ;)

Sorted.

Lever movement was already far too far, about 9 clicks, so decided to just do the cable adjustment, it being inside in the dry.

So, no chance of getting hands in, then swmbo came out to see what I was screaming at ... then suggested the cure, a long flat-bladed screwdriver and push the adjuster round from the passengers seat side. Worked like a dream. well a bad dream, and now we have a handbrake which should pass for reasonable.

By the way, to tighten the cable, the adjuster must turn anti-clockwise when viewed from above.

then swmbo came out to see what I was

Am I the only one that finds that even more annoying?

TonyB

Nope.

What's even more annoying is that she knows next to f*ck-all about anything mechanical and I'm a feckin' (ex) production/mechanical engineer!!!

Say no more!!

GbH farted out

Heh ... I was trying to do it 'properly' .. the manuals say it should be finger tight, is it hell finger tight, unless you have fingers the size of a small elf's with the strength of a Schwarzenegger in them.