23-03-2014, 07:34 PM
You mean handbrake off whilst im adjusting it?
I just read something online so had to go and try it. What i read was as follows:
Push on the brake pedal 5 times in quick succession then hold on the 5th and pull up the handbrake, then release the footbrake and then the handbrake and do it 5 times.
I done that and i think it might have actually done something. The brakes seem to work better once i've taken up the slack in the pedal. So to explain the problem im having a bit better, when the handbrake is up and i mean handbrake upto the point where i can feel myself slowing ever so slightly THEN and only then the footbrake feels much better. But but surely i cant adjust the handbrake to the point where its actually dragging to get a decent foot brake feel!?
And also i had a thought. This is a pov spec 205 with 266mm callipers up front is it possible that the slack/pedal travel is because of that? Perhaps i need a beefier master cylinder?
I just read something online so had to go and try it. What i read was as follows:
Push on the brake pedal 5 times in quick succession then hold on the 5th and pull up the handbrake, then release the footbrake and then the handbrake and do it 5 times.
I done that and i think it might have actually done something. The brakes seem to work better once i've taken up the slack in the pedal. So to explain the problem im having a bit better, when the handbrake is up and i mean handbrake upto the point where i can feel myself slowing ever so slightly THEN and only then the footbrake feels much better. But but surely i cant adjust the handbrake to the point where its actually dragging to get a decent foot brake feel!?
And also i had a thought. This is a pov spec 205 with 266mm callipers up front is it possible that the slack/pedal travel is because of that? Perhaps i need a beefier master cylinder?
Doesnt even own a 306.