handbrake adjustment

[sj j]

I know there is a thread here somewhere with some helpful pics showing how to adjust 410 handbrake at the transfer box.Any one point me in the right direction?

[Darrell]

Do you mean this one
http://www.suzukiclubuk.co.uk/phpBB3/ph ... =14&t=2793" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Edweird]

When you say adjust, d'you just want to move the pads closer to the drum so the lever doesn't come up as far?

[sj j]

Yes hill starts are getting a bit hairy! Lever comes up nearly 90 degrees

Darell,thats not the thread i was looking for. the one i'm thinking of has actual photos and step by step guide for non mechanics like me.

[Edweird]

Okay, when you're underneath, you want to have a look at the drum face (the exposed side nearer the back of the vehicle) and you should be able the spy a hole about half an inch diameter.

If you lift the back wheels up and put your truck on axle stands with the handbrake off (might want chocks at the front wheels if you're not on a flat surface) so you can turn the drum freely with your hands, that's the easiest way I can see. I did it with four on the floor in my garage moving the whole truck by hand from underneath using my feet as chocks. Get yourself a lead lamp or torch and have a spy through the hole. At about 4 and 6 o'clock roughly you should some toothed gear looking things from the side.

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You want to get yourself a flat screwdriver and stick it through the hole and turn the gear things. These steadily screw the pads closer to or further from the drum when the lever's released. I'm afraid I can't remember which way you turn them, but when I did it myself I soon worked it out.

I set mine so that they were as close as I could get them without them actually touching the drum, so I'd suggest winding one pad out until the drum won't turn, then slowly backing it off until it'll just turn freely again, then doing the same for the other one. I also checked both again after the initial setting, but I think that was unnecessary.

Hope that's helpful.