ok so even with the cables wound right up, the handbrake doesnt really work at all and the levers come out way to far on the calipers, (they are not drum and shoe handbrake), just wondering if anyone knows how these are adjusted at the caliper, had a look and there is no plug like normal caliper handbrakes that you remove and adjust a bolt inside.

so i guess it's disc brake rear?

 

google for the manual, there's plenty out there.

 

manual

Edited October 26, 200916 yr by TRD ke70

So assuming you have a stock T series disc brake rear in an AE71.

 

There is no adjustment at the calipers. The secret is to set it up properly to begin with.

 

Disconnect your cables at the caliper. Wind the piston all the way in and refit the calipers and pads. DO NOT TOUCH THE HANDBRAKE. Bleed brakes if you haven't already, otherwise get a pedal by depressing the brake pedal a few times to get the pads seated and located up against the disc.

 

Only now do you apply the handbrake.

 

The problem with T series rears in AE86's that were S series equipped and almost certainly in AE71's, is that the front hand brake cable is too long when you put a T series in. Most people get around this by putting spacers under the nut at the handbrake lever end inside the car. This helps, but the handle is too high. The way to fix this is to use a shorter front cable. I have pulled front cables out of various 70's & 80's Toyota's to sort this, and found that in an ADM AE86 with a T series disc rear fitted with factory rear cables, the front cable from an SV11 Camry is a perfect length.

 

Set it up properly, locate an SV11 front cable, and I am pretty confident you will be OK. Joker in the pack would be if the the AE71 lever is slightly different. If so, find a cable to suit.

So assuming you have a stock T series disc brake rear in an AE71.

 

There is no adjustment at the calipers. The secret is to set it up properly to begin with.

 

Disconnect your cables at the caliper. Wind the piston all the way in and refit the calipers and pads. DO NOT TOUCH THE HANDBRAKE. Bleed brakes if you haven't already, otherwise get a pedal by depressing the brake pedal a few times to get the pads seated and located up against the disc.

 

Only now do you apply the handbrake.

 

The problem with T series rears in AE86's that were S series equipped and almost certainly in AE71's, is that the front hand brake cable is too long when you put a T series in. Most people get around this by putting spacers under the nut at the handbrake lever end inside the car. This helps, but the handle is too high. The way to fix this is to use a shorter front cable. I have pulled front cables out of various 70's & 80's Toyota's to sort this, and found that in an ADM AE86 with a T series disc rear fitted with factory rear cables, the front cable from an SV11 Camry is a perfect length.

 

Set it up properly, locate an SV11 front cable, and I am pretty confident you will be OK. Joker in the pack would be if the the AE71 lever is slightly different. If so, find a cable to suit.

 

cheers mate yeh i found a write up on it on aeu86.com or something, if it is adjusted properly at the calipers i think my cable might be ok? but if not il sus out a sv11 cable, cheers for your help everyone

i had the same problem on my car. done what this said http://forums.club4ag.com/zerothread?id=9628

and hey presto now i can park on a hill.

Trivia time

 

Interestingly, the handbrake handle on a Disc rear car differs from a the handbrake handle on a S series equipped vehicle.

 

The difference is only slight, in that the mount point for the cable on the T series handle is slightly different to on an S series handle.

 

If you have a T series handle and a T series disc rear, the front cable from the S series fits perfectly.......

 

Whereas if you have an S series equipped handle and a T series disc rear, use an SV11 cable.

 

 

Edit: I realised that was a complicated way of saying that when Toyota fitted rear discs to these cars, they simply adapted the mount point on the handle rather than change the cable length......

Edited May 16, 201016 yr by parrot