(BMW E82) ‘Parking/Hand Brake’ Stopped Working after New ‘Pads + Discs’

[DA51ELK]

Good Morning Guys,

On Saturday I had my ‘Pads and Discs’ changed on the car and all of a sudden the ‘Parking/Hand Brake’ has stopped working.

It has not stopped working altogether however it has become less stiff/rigid after the new ‘Pads and Discs’ were fitted.

I know this because my driveway is on a steep hill and I have noticed when parking it rolls quite a lot after applying the ‘Parking/Hand Brake’, which never happened prior to having the new ‘Pads + Discs’ changed.

I went back in today to get it checked and was told that the hand brake on my car is self-adjusting and that I should keep using it for the next 2 weeks to see if they stiffen back up.

Is this true ?
What should I do ?

Please Help, Thanks!

[tracer bullet]

Pretty much true. When the job was done it should have been adjusted to be somewhat close, but probably was not. It should be self adjusting afterwards yes.

Lots of "should". Time will tell if the mechanism is working properly.

If you are a DIY-er it's not too bad of a job. You need to get the wheels off and have a screwdriver to poke in there. And of course the ability to decide when it's set correctly.

[gjm120]

Unless the 135i is different than the 128i, you only need to remove one lug bolt.

There was a thread on this forum on this. If I can find the link I'll post it, but, I'm sure there are diy's out somewhere.


found it: https://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=655621

[ShocknAwe]

1.
Pull up the base of the hand brake boot. Use a flat head screwdriver to pry back and secure the spring at the back of the brake lever

2.
Remove a lug bolt and using a flashlight rotate the wheel until you see the star shaped worm gear. Using a flat head screwdriver lever the gear until the brake shoes prevent you from spinning the wheel. Can't remember which way you have to lever the gear, so just fiddle with it. Once you do that it's somewhere between 6-8 clicks on my car to have the shoes loose enough that they don't contact the drum, but right enough that the hand brake is highly effective.

3. Replace and torque lug bolt, return hand brake spring to normal position. Test drive and test parking brake.

[gjm120]

Originally Posted by ShocknAwe

1.
Pull up the base of the hand brake boot. Use a flat head screwdriver to pry back and secure the spring at the back of the brake lever

2.
Remove a lug bolt and using a flashlight rotate the wheel until you see the star shaped worm gear. Using a flat head screwdriver lever the gear until the brake shoes prevent you from spinning the wheel. Can't remember which way you have to lever the gear, so just fiddle with it. Once you do that it's somewhere between 6-8 clicks on my car to have the shoes loose enough that they don't contact the drum, but right enough that the hand brake is highly effective.

3. Replace and torque lug bolt, return hand brake spring to normal position. Test drive and test parking brake.

the thread I linked just above has good pictures

[DA51ELK]

Originally Posted by ShocknAwe

1.
Pull up the base of the hand brake boot. Use a flat head screwdriver to pry back and secure the spring at the back of the brake lever

2.
Remove a lug bolt and using a flashlight rotate the wheel until you see the star shaped worm gear. Using a flat head screwdriver lever the gear until the brake shoes prevent you from spinning the wheel. Can't remember which way you have to lever the gear, so just fiddle with it. Once you do that it's somewhere between 6-8 clicks on my car to have the shoes loose enough that they don't contact the drum, but right enough that the hand brake is highly effective.

3. Replace and torque lug bolt, return hand brake spring to normal position. Test drive and test parking brake.

Thank you very much for all the replies guys, I shall give it a go and see how I get on.

[ornicar]

Originally Posted by D4N13L

Thank you very much for all the replies guys, I shall give it a go and see how I get on.

More details on TIS:

https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/e...-brake/GQ2VYKq