Hi All,
First post here, so hello everyone.
I have owned my E90 320D for just over a year now and the handbrake has been pretty much useless since day one. It also felt as if the auto adjuster (i now know there isn't one) was faulty and allowing the handbrake to reset. If I pulled the handbrake it would go pretty much to the top, upon releasing and pulling back up again the travel would be halved.
So i decided to adjust the handbrake after following guides and decided to remove the rear disks to see if the pad material had become unstuck from the backing plate. My thoughts were (after realising the E90 does not have auto adjusters) that the pad material was getting stuck under the pad and not allowing it to engage fully, hence the reduced handbrake travel. Adjusting the handbrake was pretty straight forward, trickiest part was removing the disk from the hub as it was seized on, and the pads were in good shape. After adjusting the handbrake it now holds the car but still has this strange reduced travel after pulling it up the first time.
Is this something that is expected on the E90 or should I start pulling more bits off the car?
Thanks in advanced,
Dan.