Will the handbrake ever work properly? Citroen Relay/ Peugeot Boxer/ Fiat Ducato X250
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- Опубликовано: 22 июн 2023
- The handbrake in our Citroen Relay Campervan has never been all that great, and I have never been happy with it.
I have already replaced the shoes and drums/ disks and the front handbrake cable, so this is yet another attempt to improve the performance of it.
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.great tutorial. I've just finished my work van's handbrake. You can readjust a weaker handbrake by jacking one side, removing a single wheel nut. If the brake shoes are still functional so you won't have to take the whole wheel off.
Good video, good technical detail. I will have to have a look at mine, now I know what to expect.
Thanks and good luck with yours
I have an Autotrail chieftain tag axle, handbrake is an absolute nightmare.
Brilliant video, thanks a lot
Helped me sort mine out after an MOT failure 👍. Passed with flying colours after doing the same adjustments as you did.
Nice one James
Sanding brake pad material isnt a bad move, but try and keep greasy fingers off the porus surface/use lots brake cleaner
Thanks for the video... Weak handbrake and mot coming up
You put the adjuster back in upside down
Seriously it's the worst design ever isn't it! Replaced my rear cables and all shoes and drums and this year it still failed MOT again. I figured out the issue though - although I'm not sure whether my XLWB boxer has this differently to shorter wheel bases. Basically the steel draw bar part of the mechanism was my issue. On my van it passes through a small bracket guide with a rubber grommet. This was not actually supporting the bar so the bar was sagging down under its own weight. This meant that the force of the first 2-3 clicks of the handbrake pull was using all its energy to straighten the bar and cable length rather than using that energy to push the shoes onto the drums. I used a short length of pipe to fit over the draw bar and fixed that to the bracket so that it supports the weight of the drawbar and keeps the bar and cables straight without any sag. Took it back for MOT retest and brake force was up 60% and way over min limit 🙂
Thanks Chris, I never really paid much attention to the brackets holding the steel bar in place before, but I will have a look next time I am working on the van and see if that is also contributing to the problem. I need to have a look at the exhaust soon, so it won't be long until I am under the van again!. It always seems to work well, for a while anyway, but just never have the confidence in it on really steep hills.
Great video, thanks, just doing mine now, where is mot place
Thanks, we use a garage in Motherwell
@@davidamioffgrid thanks mate, ive been in shetland, working/camping, foolishly i neglected the mot date, 🙉 have had a bit of a nightmare, going back in for retest Thursday just before i get the ferry, if it doesn't pass I'll have to get it booked in on the mainland, appreciate you responding,
Thanks
Hi David totally agree with you i have a 2020 boxer and handbrake is crap and like you i do everything on the van, i have just fitted air suspension to it can you let me know what pressure you set them to get the best ride as instuctions with kit are bit sketchy.Look forward to more videos from you and Ami,cheers.
Hi John, we tend to park in gear and put the chocks under the wheels just to be sure.
We have the air suspension at 30 psi most of the time, sometimes need to adjust it, but that seems to work not too bad. Cheers David
Interesting to see the old caravan Waste master used for grey water, I was thinking of doing the same thing as they are cheap as chips. Don't suppose you filmed the fitting?
Hi, we converted this van in 2016, and didn’t film much of it at the time. We used Unistrut to build the rear seats and then used more unistrut underneath the van to clamp the seats to the van floor. The same unistrut that secures the seat then has both water tanks hanging off it on 10mm screwed rod and some flat bar at the bottom and nylock nuts.
The main water tank is 70 litre and the waste is 50 litre, so it works well for our needs.
Great video mate, have you had any issues since adjusting it? Btw is that a Glasgow accent I detect? :)
All been working well since, and yes we are just south of Glasgow👍
I'm not far from yi mate, I'm in EK 👍
Im trying to do mine now.. in what order do u attach the strings? Im struggling 😅
Also..it looks like the smaller string is attached from the front and not from the back where u first showed....?
Mine have the adjustment wheel different on each side..one is up and one is down..does this matter? 🤔 Im guessing i just put it as is? Bu then again, i have no idea who did it before me...or even when..
I think there are a few different variations of these, motorhomes and tipper/ box vans may be different arrangement.
I have seen the adjustment wheels in different locations on other videos, so that might just be the way yours is.
I attached the cables from the wheels to the centre bracket first and then did the section to the front, but I don't think it really matters what order you do it.
I would just keep it the way it is on your van as it may just be a slightly different layout/ year/ model.