Call it a handbrake, parking brake, emergency brake....whatever. It's that thing that I always pull when I park because I don't want my car to roll away. Anyways, I adjusted the handbrake on my car back in November, and got it back to about 6-8 clicks to hold the car. It was very nice. I think it may have gotten looser since then, but it was still around 8-10 clicks, and it held the car fine on a hill, so I wasn't worried.
Yesterday, when I released the handbrake, I heard a "thud", almost as if the handbrake had been released more than I had tightened it. When I got home, it took about 5 clicks before it was tight. Although it was nice, it was shorter than I was expecting, so I figured it was odd. When I released it this morning, I heard the same sound, and when I got to work, it was taking about 15 clicks to tighten it. It's almost back to where it was before I adjusted it myself a few months ago, and it can't travel much more without stretching the boot.
I should note that it's been a pretty cold winter for us. However, even though I drove on ice into work yesterday, it ended up getting into the 50s, and this morning was 60 degrees F. Almost shorts weather lol.
Obviously, I can tighten the nut on the handle to tighten the cable like I did previously, and the problem of a not-tight-enough handbrake will go away, but that only treats the symptom. Is there something else going on with the brake that I don't know about? Is this temperature related, or just the cable wearing out? There are just over 130k miles on the car, and I don't believe the cable has ever been replaced.
Yesterday, when I released the handbrake, I heard a "thud", almost as if the handbrake had been released more than I had tightened it. When I got home, it took about 5 clicks before it was tight. Although it was nice, it was shorter than I was expecting, so I figured it was odd. When I released it this morning, I heard the same sound, and when I got to work, it was taking about 15 clicks to tighten it. It's almost back to where it was before I adjusted it myself a few months ago, and it can't travel much more without stretching the boot.
I should note that it's been a pretty cold winter for us. However, even though I drove on ice into work yesterday, it ended up getting into the 50s, and this morning was 60 degrees F. Almost shorts weather lol.
Obviously, I can tighten the nut on the handle to tighten the cable like I did previously, and the problem of a not-tight-enough handbrake will go away, but that only treats the symptom. Is there something else going on with the brake that I don't know about? Is this temperature related, or just the cable wearing out? There are just over 130k miles on the car, and I don't believe the cable has ever been replaced.