hi i adjusted my rear brakes because my handbrake would go all the way up and still not hold properly.

i adjusted the brakes until i could spin the wheels but it grabbed slightly this fixed my handbrake problem it would go 5 clicks not all the way up but after driving the car the rear drums got realy hot. Hot as in you couldnt touch it for more than few seconds.

i then backed of the adjuster and it dosnt heat u know but my handbrake isnt as effective know almost goes all the way up.

How else can i adjust the handbrake?

might need new shoes or the drums machined, they probably worn if that sensitive.

the shoes are new. could you please explain how machining the drums will help?

Thanks!

they get hi an low spots so when you ajust them they heat up on the high spots.... cant adjust them quite right.... they end up oval kind of shape.

thats what happened to mine one time, machined them just within spec and were ok after that

ok thanks thought so because when you turn it grabs in one spot more than others. will get it machined.

the drums have an adjuster inside them also, perhaps this needs winding out to take up some of the slack,
it's the rod that goes from one pad to the other

Have you tightened the handbrake cable itself?
It might be loose

hi thanks yes i have loosened the adjuster star thing but then this made my handbrake issue worse where it goes all the way up i got the handbrake to 5 clicks but then it started to heat up the drums.

I was looking for the handbrake cable adjuster but couldnt find it? do the 120y have them? thier was this long metal piece with a nut on it i tryed that but nothing happens?

Thanks!

have you tried to adjust it so it's between 5 clicks and all the way up, should be 7-9 clicks. 5 clicks is too tight

well the first time i adjusted it to 5 clicks at around that it would keep the car from moving but would continue to go to around 8 clicks but i liked this as it locked up the rear while moving.

at the moment it goes to around 9 clicks and stops the car but if you were to pull it while car was moving to lock up the rear wheels it dosnt only slows it down.