14-02-17, 04:11 PM
It depends on how the handbrake works and if the pistons have been focced.
When I have done brakes like this it is impossible to push the piston back, you have to wind it on the thread. If you did manage to push the piston back, you would knacker the thread and could bugger the calliper to the point you effectively seize the piston and neither the foot brake or handbrake would do anything on that side of the disk.
Some handbrakes work on both pads on both sides, some work on one pad on each side, some use shoes in a drum in the middle of the disk. Get the back wheel off and have a look at how this one is set up. Then adjust the cables. The adjuster will either be at the back wheel, under the car or under the handbrake cover.
When I have done brakes like this it is impossible to push the piston back, you have to wind it on the thread. If you did manage to push the piston back, you would knacker the thread and could bugger the calliper to the point you effectively seize the piston and neither the foot brake or handbrake would do anything on that side of the disk.
Some handbrakes work on both pads on both sides, some work on one pad on each side, some use shoes in a drum in the middle of the disk. Get the back wheel off and have a look at how this one is set up. Then adjust the cables. The adjuster will either be at the back wheel, under the car or under the handbrake cover.
Another ex-Fazer rider that is a foccer again