How to adjust handbrake

Hello David, there will be an adjuster but (depending on the age of the vehicle) it might be self adjusting or manual.
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it looks like a common flaw in design
it can fail an mot if handbrake wont hold
with both wheel of the ground and hand brake fully applied do the wheels spin

handbrake cable system on a
1.9vauxhall vectra C says self adjusting

but this picture implys there is an adjustment point
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you tube vectra handbrake system in action

Opel vectra handbreak

is there a adjustment screw under the boot of the hand brake lever

There should be an adjustment along the cable line that can tighten the slack in the lever. Adjustment might be at the lever itself.

not 100% sure but think there is adjusting screw if you remove the rear ashtray

some hand brakes have adjustment on the hand brake it self and other have adjustment under the car just before the cable splits to both wheels

with car on stands use punch to remove pad retaining pins pull out pads can be tight remove 2 calliper retaining bolts move calliper away from disc remove disc retaining bolts remove disc check hand brake shoes and clean look for adjuster between shoes if it has one back it of some models just have hand brake cabel adjustment clean and fit new disc secure adjust hand brake shoes using screw driver through wheel bolt hole clean refit calliper slowley push back calliper pistons fit new pads refit retaining pins do other side pump up brake pedal check and adjust handbrake if neededcheck brake fluid level

The handbrake is an actual cable to the rear brakes. You can try adjusting the read brakes by baking up then hitting them hard to actuate the adjuster, the cable should have an adjuster in it that can be tightend to take up any slack and make it hold better.

you have to fitt the caliper realy tight to get a good hand brake..remove the caliper..With pads in place. Press the brake to push out the piston.Only a little.Then replace the caliper with it realy tight onto pads.Then work the handbrake up and down a few times then you should be ok.Dont worrie about the brake being a bit tight.Just take it for a short run then.It will losen up.The handbrake is self adjusting.

i had the same problem with my crysler voyager 1997,a friend of mine who is a mechanic found the problem,it is a self adjuster on the handbrake itself,once drums are adjusted up you need to go to your hanbrake area and you will find a white plastic clip on the bottom of the lever ,once removed you pull up your handbrake a few times and it self adjusts,then put the plastic clip back on,this soved my problem,by doing this my handbrake went from about 13 clicks on max to hold . to about 6 clicks and held perfectly