Such great tips and advice in this forum. The passenger side of my EPB only just passed at its MOT so with the pics and advice here finally got around to looking at the handbrake shoes on my 2009 Granturismo 4.7S today. One of the shoes on the passenger side was totally shot, amazed it worked at all! Also explains the squeaking noise I've been getting from that wheel. Replaced all four shoes on both sides with these non-OEM parts, following a link on another thread:
The shoes seemed to fit fine after a bit of tightening and loosening on the adjuster to get a good fit, and all seems to be working okay. Been out for a drive, EPB seems to be working at expected. However, the handbrake control lever (the bit that attaches to the actual cable at the top of the rotor) on the drivers side seemed more slack than the one on the passenger side. Is there any way to adjust the cable tension from the cable/actuator side? I can't see anything to adjust it manually from that end but I have seen a couple of references in threads about needing to use a scan tool to adjust the parking brake. Would a scan tool and brake service mode get me able to adjust the cable tension?
The shoes seemed to fit fine after a bit of tightening and loosening on the adjuster to get a good fit, and all seems to be working okay. Been out for a drive, EPB seems to be working at expected. However, the handbrake control lever (the bit that attaches to the actual cable at the top of the rotor) on the drivers side seemed more slack than the one on the passenger side. Is there any way to adjust the cable tension from the cable/actuator side? I can't see anything to adjust it manually from that end but I have seen a couple of references in threads about needing to use a scan tool to adjust the parking brake. Would a scan tool and brake service mode get me able to adjust the cable tension?