Freel2,

Please help, I know someone will have the answer to this question. (or if enough people reply the Average value should be sufficient or is that the Median value)

I recently replaced by Parking (or Emergency) Brake shoes and I just did my first adjustment

Here is where I am at (on a slight hill)

Transmission shifted to Neutral (or clutch depressed if you have such a thing)

Click 1 - no braking
Click 2 - no braking
Click 3 - no braking
Click 4 - very slight braking
Click 5 - modest braking
Click 6 - good enough for a slightly steep hill
Click 7 - good enough for a steep hill
Click 8 - Brakes are locked (if I got to here in an emergency the wheels would likely stop spinning)
Beyond this point I feel that something might Break instead of Brake


For me this feels just about right.

Note: I don't want to adjust the brakes to the point that they will drag during normal driving.

But I do want it to be easy for My Wife and Daughter to use the brake.


To count the clicks you have to lift slowly.

If you can a reply with the maximum number of clicks that you use (assuming that you do park on a hill sometimes).

Alternatively post how many clicks are the most you dare do for fear of something Breaking.


Thanks

Paul

Last edited by p_gill on 18th Apr 2021 2:49 am. Edited 1 time in total

Should be between 3 and 9 clicks according to LR .

Richard FL2 07 TD4 GS Auto
Ex 02 TD4 Auto

Richard,

Thanks for the reply

I verified that my Daughter can reach 7 clicks and that she can release the brake from there as well.

I do think that I am slightly under tensioned but as you pointed out I am absolutely in the range.

To fine tune the adjustment I may tighten the cable slightly (now I need to figure out how to do that)

Take care

Paul

Freelander2 hand brake adjustment between the rear of the front sears remove the small tray adjuster is there stay safe

Mine starts to bite at the third click.
Very stiff hand brake. My wife has never been able to apply at fully on a hill. Now at the point when I learn something new something old is lost out the other side !
Now retired so it doesn't matter anymore.
Freelander now gone.

Denboy and Gasman,

That is exactly the information I need.

I am going to leave the brake as it is for now.

I don’t want to make it harder to set the brake and I am in the range as specified by Land Rover.

At a minimum more clicks allows for more momentum which should make it easier to set the brake.


Thanks

Paul

You should adjust the handbrake at the rear drums to get the best leverage. Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

Steve

Apologies for the confusion

I only adjusted at the rear drums

And I am not certain if the final adjustment should be at the drums or the cable

I completely agree that the coarse adjustments are made at the drums

Thanks for clarifying that for future readers of this post

Paul

Mine engages fully at 5 clicks.

Motion,

Thanks for the data point.

I think that I have set the gap slightly larger than factory setting.

And I think this makes it slightly easier to use the brake.

I’ll post here if I decide to make it tighter

Thanks

Paul

From LR topix manual (70.35.10),

"Apply the parking brake lever one click at a time and count the
number of clicks required to apply the brakes firmly. The brakes
should be firmly applied between 3 and 9 clicks."

So anywhere around 6 should be fine.

Richard FL2 07 TD4 GS Auto
Ex 02 TD4 Auto

Mine was right on 9 clicks to hold it on a hill, prior to bedding in the PB (E Brake in the US) shoes.
Once I'd bedded them in, I re-adjusted them so now they hold the vehicle solid on 4 clicks, but don't drag when the lever is fully down.

I think it's also good to gently apply the PB/EB while moving once a month, so the drum surface is cleaned of rust and accumulated dirt. Hyundai Ioniq 5 Ultimate. The family car.
2009 Rimini Red SE TD4. Gone.
2006 Tonga Green i6 HSE. Gone.
Audi A5 convertible, the daily driver.
1972 Hillman Avenger GT, the project.

Update

I adjusted the parking brake shoes so that the third click is enough for a moderate hill.

This is between 2 and 3 clicks tighter than where I was at last week.

Now with a rear wheel off the pavement four clicks is enough to hold the wheel while I tighten the lug nuts to 100 ft*lbs.


Note I haven’t adjusted the cable yet I will post here if I do.

For both of my rear brakes I get the following

3 clicks is not sufficient to torque the lug nuts (the wheel spins)
4 clicks is enough to apply the torque but a small amount of movement is evident
5 clicks and no movement is detected

I did this because I wanted the brakes to be balanced.

Thanks for all the input

Paul