Anybody known how to adjust hand brake?
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My Ride: '07 530iSport PackageLuxury Packagemore to come
That's about it.
When I see a cop and I need to scrub off some speed but I don't want either the nose to drop or brake lights to come on I use the hand brake. Unfortunately mine isn't very effective. There has to be a way to make it clamp harder. Anybody know how to adjust it?
When I see a cop and I need to scrub off some speed but I don't want either the nose to drop or brake lights to come on I use the hand brake. Unfortunately mine isn't very effective. There has to be a way to make it clamp harder. Anybody know how to adjust it?
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My Ride: BMW 525i e60 (private) M-style,, Carbon Black, HUD, MM Interface.
And a BMW 325 e90 (Business),
Think it is self adjusting (Actually, they are brake shoes inside your disk)..... Need to pull harder, but I think that would look suspicious as well
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If you had a BMW TIS you could get all servicing info just by entering the last 7 digits of your VIN. Handbrake adjustment is not automatic on my 545 and involves adjusting the brake shoes through a hole in the drum / disk assemblies to a certain procedure. Your car manual might suggest you should occasionally apply the handbrake to clean the brake drum surface whilst driving, I wouldn't recommend doing it for any other purpose and it certainly isn't strong enough to do handbrake turns unless it's very rusty! I have found mine to be only good for holding - certainly not good enough on its own left on an incline.
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invest in a V1..or some sort of radar detector if you are that worried about speeding...
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I want to know this too because I hafta pull mine all the way to the top just to keep the car from rolling when I park. Anything other than the last click and the car is rolling. In some cars there was an adjustment system right there by the lever if you remove the soft boot. But idk about these cars.
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or drive slower buy a radar detector or don't park on hills or just keep posting useless replies to pad post counts.
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my post was not to pad my post count, easy there froggy, no need to be so quick to jump....
my reply was honest: your time, effort, and money might better be spent buying and hard wiring a radar detector.....but to each his own.....
my reply was honest: your time, effort, and money might better be spent buying and hard wiring a radar detector.....but to each his own.....