Eldest child is learning to drive, and in the absence of instructors returning to work I’ve been taking her out on quiet roads for some practice. She’s doing well.
However- there’s a domestic contretemps on the go re handbrake technique.
I was always taught the following: to lift the handbrake lever with the button unpressed.
This still makes sense to me, as:
a)I get an auditory confirmation that the h/b has engaged
b)I get to count the clicks needed for engagement, telling me if the h/b needs adjustment, or the rear brakes are faulty
Mrs CdB (ex-IAM) says:
a)press the button while lifting, as it needs less effort, and doesn’t wear the ratchet out…
What do you all tend to do?
A case in point on why I think its all about the clicks- I’ve pointed out to her that when I drove her car for the first time in months in Dec 2019, I spotted straight away that the h/b was engaging and disengaging with no ‘feel’ on the handbrake, and hence the rear brakes or handbrake were faulty. And sure enough, when I got the car home there was a sticking o/s caliper, which needed a new caliper, new yoke cable, new rear pads and discs. She hadn’t spotted that as she was getting no auditory feedback- even though fuel economy was down, etc.
Go me 🙂
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