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loose hand break, cant seem to tighten..help

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Old 07-09-2006 | 03:41 PM
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loose hand break, cant seem to tighten..help

just noticed my hand break goot loose, it doesnt click at all in the beginning, only stays up at the very top. treid to tighten the screw through the hole in th plastic, but it doesnt seem to do anything? what to do? oh, and i searched could find anything. thanx!
Old 07-10-2006 | 06:25 AM
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the hand brake cable stretches over time. sometimes you cannot tighten it any more. i think the only way to fix it, is to get a new handbrake cable. i am seeing a similar thing in my fiance's car, the handbrake does not catch till about 2/3 of the way up.
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