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Old 04-04-2008, 06:20 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by FrEaKZoIdE View Post
Axel,
that doesn't make any sense, because the E-brake is not hydraulic! It's just a cable that you pull to lock the brakes!
Many, if not all handbrakes are 'self adjusting' all they do is take up the extra slack caused by the pad/shoe wear.

They will not have enough 'self adjustment' to take up more than one notch on the handbrake regardless of the amount of times that you operate it.
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