Might it be fixed? ;)
Well, maybe. For the first time ever, I locked up 1 wheel, TWICE! Both times the right wheel :)
Still majorly difficult to do, but the handbrake actually feels a lot better now, feels a lot more like Pinky.
So, what was different? Umm... Not sure really. The only thing I can think of is that this time apart from filing the shoes down, cleaning the lot and readjusting (they were a bit glazed) I also got the big screwdriver out and reset the handbrake lever inside, pulled it all the way back till it wouldnt' go anymore. Now I've got almost no handbrake cable IN the car, the nut is almost at the end of it :dance: Seems to have done *something*. Still can't lock it up whenever I want or anything, have to really try very hard, but hey it's a shiteload better than it was :)
Out of curiosity - do you grease/oil the mechanism at all? Cause well... Brake cleaner is like degreaser and cleans the shoes and stuff, but the mechanism gets rather tight from the lack of grease/oil, but putting grease/oil in there seems a little silly cause it would make the shoes less effective? How do you make sure the grease stays there and doesn't go anywhere?