HandBrake in Volvo 340

If the rims are hot in such a short space they must be jammed on, or the fronts are not working well.

Cable is untautens, but if I tauten it and pull at the top

Presumably the car will roll down a hill or the fronts will get overworked, and it will fail the MOT.

Probably the hinges on the self adjuster are seized. The brakes need dissassembled and handbrake levers worked loose with WD40 or similiar.

Other problems can be seized wheel cylinders, incorrectly assembled levers and self-adjuster. There is not usually any problem that can be fixed easily and cheaply DIY, but a minimum requirement is a workshop manual.

-- Tony Stanley ++Always Learning++

Thanks for answer Tony. I have take off brake drums and the hinges on the self adjuster was seized, I don't know why. Now wheels turn on, but not 100% free, transmision friction + brake friction (perhaps shoes not round-shaped after all). Handbrake work finally but not ful effective still. I'll tauten cable a little.

Whay is MOT?

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overworked,

round-shaped

Its the required test for road worthyness. Comes from Ministry Of Transport, even though the name was changed everyone still calls it the MOT test.

Anyway, if the brakes have been neglected for a long time, it may be worthwhile going for a full overhaul. -Wheel cylinder, shoes, drums, pins, clips etc. Sometimes the adjuster plates get rusty and weak and don't adjust.

-- Tony Stanley ++Always Learning++

ok!, MOT must be a ITV equivalence. ITV in my country, spain, means Vehicle Technical Inspection. To pass it is obligatory for vehicles more 4 years old (and cause of my question). Really, the brakes have been neglected for a long time but wasn't rusty or weak, it looks very well state. Thanks.

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