Re: E-Brake problem
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 10:49 am
The light is triggered by a small electrical plunger switch right up at the handle, it's unlikely that the calipers/cable or anything other than the handle can trigger it.
From memory the switch has some adjustment in it, so it might just be sitting out a bit far and the handle is pressing it constantly.
Either that or the contacts are rusty/dirty.
as for the cable, the simplest adjustment is again, up at the handbrake handle, with the plastic covers removed you should see a hexagonal adjuster sticking up vertically, twisting this will take up some tension in a stretched cable, but it depends how stretched the cables are.
The other adjustment is to grab an allen key and check the rear caliper adjustment, have a look at some how-to guides on replacing rear brake pads on an MX5, the adjustment is part of that procedure, maybe whoever did the brakes last left them a bit loose.
If all those don't help, the cables are probably stretched which means buying new ones and putting them in.
From memory the switch has some adjustment in it, so it might just be sitting out a bit far and the handle is pressing it constantly.
Either that or the contacts are rusty/dirty.
as for the cable, the simplest adjustment is again, up at the handbrake handle, with the plastic covers removed you should see a hexagonal adjuster sticking up vertically, twisting this will take up some tension in a stretched cable, but it depends how stretched the cables are.
The other adjustment is to grab an allen key and check the rear caliper adjustment, have a look at some how-to guides on replacing rear brake pads on an MX5, the adjustment is part of that procedure, maybe whoever did the brakes last left them a bit loose.
If all those don't help, the cables are probably stretched which means buying new ones and putting them in.