OK so have adjusted as above and gave them a clean with brakeclean and a rag , its better but still hopeless , what gets me I thought twice before touching the shoes as they were still lookin good and the hanbrake worked real well but I thought what the hell its a birthday. Have had a wee study cant ...

pretty much what I have done ...as for the oil on the drums there didnt appear to be any , how ever I did give them a wipe with a rag. The discs are working well under hard braking at about 60k locks up all four and pulls up straight (on a gravel road) Have taken them off again (the disc/drums) and ...

Have just put new handbrake shoes , disc rotors/handbrake drum and new disc pads on the rear of my terrano and now having problems getting a good handbrake............anybody been there and are able to give me a few clues..
Thanks