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Car 'fixed' at kwik fit help please

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  • ballyblack
    ballyblack Posts: 5,177 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Kwick Fit only fit new parts, they don't fix anything!
  • Rover_Driver
    Rover_Driver Posts: 1,522 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Lum wrote: »
    Wow, they still make cars with drum brakes?

    Many cars have disc/drum rear brakes, discs for the footbrake and drums for the handbrake
  • mose_2
    mose_2 Posts: 418 Forumite
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    Quick update. I left the handbrake off last night and this morning no bang. I'll leave it off today at work and see what happens. Thanks for all the replies so far.
  • Dieselman
    Dieselman Posts: 100 Forumite
    It's sticking so a simple adjustment or backing off the adjuster a bit is all that is needed they work on a ratchet and can over adjust.

    The shoes may require some emery cloth like sandpaper to clean them up.

    It's a common problem you have identified it now the easy bit have it fixed.:D
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