87 Coupe Q Parking brake not working

[Duncan Thomson]

At 21:39 17/04/2002, Iain Atkinson wrote:
>Listers,
>
>last night i put a new left rear caliper on my car to try and get over the
>problem that i had with the previous caliper (same thing no handbrake on
>this side). I fitted the caliper, bled the line pressed the brake pedal a
>few times then fitted the handbrake cable. Any ideas where i have gone
>wrong???

Release the handbrake, and push and release the brake pedal about 50
million times (I think 50 is recommended..!), this lets it auto adjust...
I find it tends to tighten up after the first couple of drives as well...

I know I thought I'd screwed up the first couple of times...

Duncan
'85 CQ