dravidham
16-09-2007, 11:09 PM
Had a long overdue tinker with the Golf today and one of the things I replaced was the rear brake pads.
When re-fitting the rear wheels afterwards I noticed that when the hand brake is applied in full, it only seems to secure the drivers side rear wheel and the passenger side rear wheel rotates quite freely when the car is jacked up off the ground.
Is this normal or should the handbrake work on both sides as I suspect.
The cables are both connected to the claipers and do not seem to be snapped/broken.
Would this be a simple case of making a manual adjustment of the HB cable or should there also be something else I should check out in relation to this?.
Car is a '96 GTI 16v.
Thanks for reading and comments appreciated.
When re-fitting the rear wheels afterwards I noticed that when the hand brake is applied in full, it only seems to secure the drivers side rear wheel and the passenger side rear wheel rotates quite freely when the car is jacked up off the ground.
Is this normal or should the handbrake work on both sides as I suspect.
The cables are both connected to the claipers and do not seem to be snapped/broken.
Would this be a simple case of making a manual adjustment of the HB cable or should there also be something else I should check out in relation to this?.
Car is a '96 GTI 16v.
Thanks for reading and comments appreciated.