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Handbrake mystery

Realising my attempts in the last issue of to adjust and improve the efficiency of the handbrake had failed miserably after a mere 64 miles, I turned to my local garage, MJ Motors, for help. Fortunately, mechanic Jacob knows every inch of most BMWs, so he soon had aSteve Rothwell, the handbrake cables can stick, but also the mechanism that’s fitted between the two brake shoes and operates them, when the respective cable is pulled, can seize.

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