Still failing on the handbrake!!

[Toby Tram]

Took the car back to the garage this morning. The guy put the car on the rollers to test the handbrake and the O/S is still failing.

I have removed that handbrake caliper againjust to check that it was still freed up. No problem there, everything appears to be working OK.

The thing I did notice is that the handbrake pads are rubbed in one area only. This indicates that there is not full contact between the pad and disc. The problem might be as simple as that.

Is there a knack to adjusting the handbrake pads to help ensure that they are fully in contact. The Steve Heath bible says to tighten the adjuster until the pads grip the disc and then back off until the split pin will go through the slot in the head of the adjuster screw. Well I thought I'd done that. I just wondered whether anyone had come across any way of checking the adjustment or other tricks.

Adi

[Toby Tram]

It's a 350i S2 1989.

I thought I had a LSD, but I'm not 100% sure. Why shouldn't it be tested n the rollers?

A.

[Toby Tram]

I must admit, I had considered point 2! Now that the exhaust repair has fully dried I will take the car out and do that. Irrespective of how accurate the final adjustment of the pads is it will help to wear the pads to the same angle as the discs.

What do you mean by the last point Adam?

A.