Parking Brake Efficiency Below Requirements. Adjusting the parking brake MercedesBenz Forum A brake imbalance and low parking brake efficiency would also indicate this The MOT brake test will check the efficiency of your handbrake, also called a parking brake
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The MOT brake test will check the efficiency of your handbrake, also called a parking brake -parking brake efficiency below requirements 1.4.2(a)(I)-Parking brake inoperative on one side nearside read ( he said handbrake was on but you can spin the wheel)-anti roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt nearside front 5.3.4 (b)(ii)-both nearside and offside brake hose excessively deteriorated (cracked)
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A brake imbalance and low parking brake efficiency would also indicate this All other vehicles must achieve a minimum parking brake efficiency of 16%." I'll certainly have to do the pipe and pads. Probably not, hand brakes almost never use the hydraulic system, they're normally mechanical and pull on one pair of the rear brake shoes (even if you've got rear discs, the hand brake is normally a small drum brake mounted in the rear hubs), also the OP said he'd adjusted the cable which would suggest their hand brake is a mechanical linkage.
Parking Brake Braking System at Clarine Hayes blog. I have a 2006 Allroad 3.0 and i've just had an MOT failure on 'Parking Brake: Efficiency below requirements' The car has recently (Jan '17) had a new set of pads and discs on the rear
A Visual Guide to Understanding Parking Brake System Diagrams. I took my Volvo S80 2.5T SE, 53 plate in for MOT today (71kmiles) , the current MOT expires on the 26th As its an electronic parking brake, its not adjustable, its either ON or OFF, so i'm a bit stumped as to what.