Auberon
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The brakes on the KJ are super easy to manage and erroneously maligned.
The emergency brake is more than adequate and the self adjuster does work.
If work is done, adjust until it is near enough only.
THEN:
Find a place where you can roll backwards slowly and safely.
Roll backwards SLOWLY. (If you can take an oberver so no kids or animals are hurt unless you have a reversing camera.)
Whilst rolling slowly, hold the operating handle of the emergency brake whilst holding in the locking button so the handle will travel up and down freely.
At the same time:
Crank the handle up ALL THE WAY and back down ALL THEAY half a dozen r so times whilst rolling backwards.
This will Self adjust your park brake and if you do it every so often all will be well.
The emergeny brake should never need manual adjustment unless they sieze or you work on them.
If you work on them:
FILE a V notch in the head of an old screw driver. This is now a tool to keep.
Use the notch to locate it against the lobe spring of the adjuster so you can easily wind the adjuster in or out. This screwdriver should be of a size to fit into the adjuster slots of the backing plate with the blade held vetically.
Without it, the wheel is very hard to turn (there is a ratchet pawl held hard against it making it turn one-way only).
Now a second "normal" screwdriver will rotate the adjuster wheel easily in either direction.
Adjusting to near enough is quite good enough.
Remove the tools.
Then follow through on the auto adjust procedure above.
IT IS THAT EASY.
The emergency brake is more than adequate and the self adjuster does work.
If work is done, adjust until it is near enough only.
THEN:
Find a place where you can roll backwards slowly and safely.
Roll backwards SLOWLY. (If you can take an oberver so no kids or animals are hurt unless you have a reversing camera.)
Whilst rolling slowly, hold the operating handle of the emergency brake whilst holding in the locking button so the handle will travel up and down freely.
At the same time:
Crank the handle up ALL THE WAY and back down ALL THEAY half a dozen r so times whilst rolling backwards.
This will Self adjust your park brake and if you do it every so often all will be well.
The emergeny brake should never need manual adjustment unless they sieze or you work on them.
If you work on them:
FILE a V notch in the head of an old screw driver. This is now a tool to keep.
Use the notch to locate it against the lobe spring of the adjuster so you can easily wind the adjuster in or out. This screwdriver should be of a size to fit into the adjuster slots of the backing plate with the blade held vetically.
Without it, the wheel is very hard to turn (there is a ratchet pawl held hard against it making it turn one-way only).
Now a second "normal" screwdriver will rotate the adjuster wheel easily in either direction.
Adjusting to near enough is quite good enough.
Remove the tools.
Then follow through on the auto adjust procedure above.
IT IS THAT EASY.
