80 Series handbrake

[a80crewza]

Well 80's are renowned for having a crappy handbrake, has anyone actually managed a good fix for theirs? Its a hassle having to tighten the cable all the time. Is it just a case of replacing the handbrake cable entirely? Or the pads?

I have disks in the rear btw

Cheers.

[skid]

do you know how your handbrake actually works on the 80

[a80crewza]

Not sure?? please enlighten me

[kbushnz]

http://www.lcool.org/technical/80_series/handbrake.html

[wopass]

my son all of 8yr old now could show you how to fix/adjust your handbrake



they are a simple thing, just read the above article and go from there, if you need new shoes give warren a holler at 4WDBITS.co.nz

[Eddie Auckland]

Been struggling with this for a while now myself. The only problem is trying to find the adjuster through the tiny hole in the drum... Any tips on that? (I know that the hole has to be at the bottom, I have had the drums apart once already)..

[Big]

What I do is take the drum/rotor off and find it.. slakin the cable so no tension on it.. then adjust the shoes till they are just a wee bit tight to get the drum/rotor back on .. then back it off a couple clicks.. then pull cable a couple times to seat the shoes on the drum/rotor nicely.. if not quite right re adjust the the adjuster until it's just right.. omg what a mouthful.. but you get what im saying so go from there..

[a80crewza]

Any idea as to how I could do mine with disk brakes? I've never had a look at mine before. Be easier to access adjuster?

[skid]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+does+my+80+ser ... brake+work


you need to do a wee bit of googling first

the reason I asked is because you kept mentioning disc brakes, which is how your rear brakes work but not how your handbrake works

80s have the worlds most 'pain in the ass' handbrake inside the drum in the middle of your rear rotor, heres a few pics of mine with the rotor on and then the rotor off so you can see the handbrake set up

good luck as its bloody annoying, I have pretty much given up on ever getting mine good again and that includes trying some mods and brand new everything

[a80crewza]

Thanks skid. Had a good read and I understand whats going on now. Will have to get it open and have a look. So there's no 'solid' fix? sounds like the handbrakes were average when they were new anyway..

[wopass]

If adjusted correctly and nothing is seized they work mint.

[turoa]

If adjusted correctly and nothing is seized they work mint.

Hahaha thats a joke if I ever heard one

[wopass]

maybe i have the only one's that work well...or maybe its because i never get them full of mud

give mine a clean and tweak every 6 months and they work primo