Hi all,
Mondeo Mk2 2.0 zetec 2000 model (X reg) rear drums. HBOL reckons there's no adjustment necessary as it's all automatic, and whilst the auto -adjust does seem to click and worked as we replaced shoes, it isn't actually taking up all the old slack and the lever now pulls up way to far for comfort and doesn't hold on the slightest hillock!
Is it time for a new cable/set of cables, or is there any adjustment available by other means?
Many thanks.
Hi.
The HBOL is correct this time, there is no adjuster on the cable.
Make sure the metal-thing-with-a-ratchet-that-sits-between-the-shoes is installed properly. Mine was not and I had the same problem when I did new shoes on my Mk2 (p reg 2.0l) about a year before it finally got scrapped. At first I had the same thing, I could NOT get the hand brake to work. Eventually I went back into the drums, stripped them down, checked everything and rebuilt them. From then on they worked perfectly.
It'll be the metal-thing-with-a-ratchet-that-sits-between-the-shoes, I'll bet you a pint of Tangle Foot.
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