ok, so i got my self a pair of brand spanking new RDA rotors and pads for the rear of my VS. and after installing them today my handbrake does not hold the car. i can push the car in neutral with the hand brake fully enagaged. is this normal for brand new rotors? or am i suppose to do a little something to let the rotors work into the shoe-brakes for the handbrake?
You will need to adjust the hand brake shoes to fit the new drums. Back the adjuster off on the cable. Adjust the shoes until they grab and you can't spin the wheel. Back off so they just touch. Adjust the cable so the lever comes up about half way.
can all that be done with out the removal of the wheel-caliper-rotor? ..looking under the car, right besidescat converter i can see the hand brake cable and i can see 2 nuts on 1 bolt.
You can get to the hand brake cable adjustment, but you will have to remove the wheel to get to the shoe adjuster, it is through the hole in the rotor between the wheel studs if you have lined it up correctly.
will there be any problems if i was to adjust JUST the hand brake cable and leave the shoe adjuster as is?...because i wont be able to have any time to work on my car untill a week or so and i am way too exhausted to adjust the shoes 2night.
oh man..i think im about to lose it :bang: i thought getting new rotors for the rear would stop my squeaking problem...i thought wrong :cry: http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/general/59945-brake-pad-squeeking.html http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/vr-vs-holden-commodore-1993-1997/62446-wheel-bearing-noise.html i re-greased the slides while i changed the rotors and pads too. what could be the problem??
Is your hub surface completely clean? Nothing between the rotor and the hub? If not, I'd hate to say it, but it sounds like you have a bent axle. Take the wheel off, remove the rotor and use a couple of bricks or something that you can sit up against the axle, slowly spin it with the brick sitting as close to but not touching the part that the studs are sticking out of and see if it has any sideways movement as you turn it.
*SIGH*....i had a feeling the problem would be some where along the axle. but it didnt really make sense at first because when i would lightly place my foot on the brake the squeaking noise would dissapear, but im starting to realise how a bent axle can contribute to this problem oh well..looks like another reason for me to start on my diff rebuild. oh and my handbrake adjustment problem as above in my 2nd last post ?^^^
The adjustment and the actual mechanism that spreads the shoes when you pull the handbrake lever are opposite each other, so by only adjusting the cable you are only getting about 30% contact on the shoes. By adjusting the shoes, you spread them out more so the pivot point is closer to the drum, this will give you close to 100% contact and effectiveness.
