Folks,
I have a 1991 1.8 saloon Vauxhall cavalier. Just came by it in fact. The handbrake is way loose - almost ineffective completely.
I had a look at it tonight, and 1st thing that I see is that the adjuster / guide is detached from the torsion bar. Haynes says it is 'mounted' on the torsion bar. Can I take it that is has rusted an come away ? Is this common, and will it still work when detached ? I looked under a neighbours Cav and theirs is also detached...
'So Anyway, I can't understand how this handbrake works! I can see of course how one side comes on, as it is directly connected to the cable which runs to the handbrake lever, but I can't for the life of me see how the other side operates !!
Can someone please explain to me ? Also, the adjuster is sooo rusted i can't see that I will be able to do anything with it anyway - does this part come with a new cable ?
Many Thanks for any help,
Craig.