Rear Hi-Spec Ultralite 2 Handbrake troubles

[7SW]

Hello,

 

I currently have troubles with the handbrake of the rear Hi-Spec calipers.

 

During the installation of these calipers, I could manage to keep the original Caterham handbrake cables:

This allowed me to keep the plastic tightening knob.

The handbrake pads are squeaking a lot, especially at low speed (people knows that I'm arriving...)

I did adjust the handbrakes according to the Hi-Spec instructions without avoiding the squeaks.

Furthermore, the efficiency  is very low: for getting the same behavior as the original handbrakes, I have to  firmly tighten the cable for getting the handbrake to work (pad then are touching a lot the disks).

For avoiding squeaks, I have to loosen the cable and so the handbrake is not functional.

 

Do you have any suggestion for fixing this issue?

Thanks for your help.

 

Fred.

[SM25T]

Assume the HiSpec caliper has a self adjuster inside like the Ford caliper ? On the Ford you have to press the brake pedal hard a few times with the handbrake fully released. This operates the self adjuster. Only then can you adjust and operate the handbrake lever. If you pull the handbrake lever before doing the self adjuster, you will have problems.

[7SW]

Thanks for your reply.

Strange, I can't see any self adjuster as it seems that the handbrake assembly is independant from the rest.

 

[SM25T]

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