Cinquecento handbrake ?????????

[milli]

Right guys i know this is not calibra related BUT i was hoping someone on here knows how to adjust the handbrake on a cinq as i bought one for the missus but i cant adjust the handbrake as it wont hold very well and it and her are doing my head in.

[markie]

the shoes are self adjusting.there is adjustment where the main cable attaches on to the handbrake lever.but the shoes are bad for the linnings coming adrift from the shoe.

[milli]

the only adjuster i can see is in the middle of the car ive been under the car and underneath the handbrake is a pulley wheel its had new shoes , cables and drums but i cant see any type of other adjustment anywhere

[Fraz]

is the adjuster not under the actual handbrake lever itself

[tobys73]

if its like an escort take the handbreak gaitor off and tighten the nut on the threaded end of the cable

failing that go to a motor factors and look at one or all the parts to gauge where it is

[milli]

there is no adjuster under the handbreak lever at all. Ive never come across a braking system like it. There was a lot of play around the levers that feed into the rear drums so i pulled the cables both side and put a jubilee clip on it to try and take the slack up worked for a littlw while then went to not holding again . ive asjed a couple of garages and neither seems to know what to do ? as ive said its doing my head in plus its the missus that drives it so i see an insurance claim soon where she has rolled back into someone !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[markie]

what age of car is it

[milli]

its an N reg