how do you tighten hand brake on 172

[morky]

how do you tighten the hand brake on a 2002 172? is it under the exhaust heat sheild or in the car? any ideas please

 

[wheeler2]

yeah i wish i new how to do this as mine needs fixing to.

 

[john.med]

me too; thought it was self adjusting

 

[heathbrowning]

Im gonna do mine this morning so I will let you know. Should be the same adjustment although mine has drums. Its usually located under the car around the centre and its just a case of turning a plastic adjusting nut which takes up the slack on the cable but as we are talking about the French here I'm not 100%

 

[16v_jon]

Under the car take the heatsheild off its the big one in the middle. Under there is the adjustment thing it has a 10mm bolt on the end just tighten to your delight

 

[BenR]

to tighten the hand brake.

There is a lever just behind the gear slector, just pull that up and they will come on.

 

[ChrisPearson]

undone shield now how do i tighten the bolt its not a 8mm or 10mm

 

[cliovicky]

My handbrake needs adjusting aswell, what is it with all these clios with saggy handbrakes Lol

 

[davebem]

Some Clios have an adjusting nut on the actual leaver which can tighten the tension of the cable, pull the plastic cover off and have a look. Another easy solution is just to wack some new rear pads in.