mot failed

brakes

All up in the high foot brakes 500 600, independent disks all round . Very good he said.
Just park hand brake 60 100 in balance . Fail
Will stripp down & clean othere side tomorrow
Will ajust right up so binding. But not locking!

Its auto so dont use it. Once drove for about 4 miles with it on. People were flashing me and when i stopped the smoke.
Forgot to take the hand brake off.
 
MOT failure

One thing is if it hasn't been mentioned already is it can also fail for " Excessive movement "

Which is where the clicks issue comes in ....... the handbrake lever should only move through approximately 30° of movement

Anything more than this shows possible excessive wear in the cable or linkage which may result in brake failure
 
repair

Keeping the faith.
So had brake test a kwik fit. Still would fail on park hand brake by 2%
So will take it in for retest after removing all the seats as mentioned above .:bow:. Hope to find 2%
 
The manual for my vehicle (Nissan Elgrand) says that the parking brake (foot operated) should travel 5-6 clicks with 20kg pressure. This is easily adjusted by a 10mm nut on top of the pedal meaning that if the shoes/drums are properly aligned then it should pass. My local mechanic tells me that this is a reasonable assumption meaning that any issues should be easily resolved. It passed OK recently and I regularly test and adjust if required.

David
 
True, but the ratchet still makes a bloody awful racket. I used to own a driving school - we always taught the silent approach in order not to disturb the examiner from his/her reverie and therefore promoted a "pass".:dance:
 
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