How To Replace BMW E30 Handbrake & E-brake Adjustment Guide | Plus Brake Bleeding & Drive | 024

[@Bob_Winner]

This E30 is perfect!

[@SPANNERRASH]

Cheers Bob! It's gonna be a well-sorted example by the time I'm done. I'm determined!

[@Zam786]

The smile on your face, when it started! 😄Great Work!

[@SPANNERRASH]

Haha! It was certainly a great feeling it firing back into life. Cheers mate! 😁

[@mikayelnahapetyan5158]

good job bro. I`m working on the same project now. Mine is 1998 318 coupe. 💪

[@SPANNERRASH]

Thanks man! Awesome that you're working on the same project

[@mypa333]

Mate, this looks amazing. Just starting my E30 316i 1991 restoration and the hand break is completely stuck as it misses the button on the lever, inside the car. What is the black paint that you used for rust, under the car, please?

[@SPANNERRASH]

Hope the vid helps you in sorting the handbrake out. Which black paint do you mean, the stuff I used to do the subframe and heat shields etc? It's a 2k black paint done with a spray gun. I'd recommend something like POR15 if you haven't got access to that stuff.

[@r0bb3rse]

Everything is so clean! Good vid

[@SPANNERRASH]

Cheers Robin! 😁

[@Keats.Garage]

had a go at this one today, my god is it a ballache with everything behind the hub! Glad you put your brake shoes on the same was as I did - as the E30zone wiki says to do the other way, but it might be a typo as this way with the large gap at the top on the adjuster looks to be less likely to fall out of place!

[@SPANNERRASH]

Ahh yes I vaguely remember being puzzled by the guide before throwing it out the window and figuring it out myself. I might shoot them a message and see if they'll correct it. Hand brake is super fiddly even with the right instructions, hope you got it all sorted in the end. 😃

[@Keats.Garage]

@@SPANNERRASH I had to give up due to lack of light (and lack of outside temperature). but I'll crack back on with it when I get a spare day - speaking of BMW handbrakes, just picked up a E46 330d touring, and it's handbrake is also garbage :P

[@SPANNERRASH]

@@Keats.Garage Haha when they're set up correctly, they work beautifully, trust me! 😂 Excellent choice with the touring, sounds like a god-tier daily driver.

[@Pro100Ickpa]

Yep, M40 is initiating pump by crankshaft sensor

[@SPANNERRASH]

Interesting, I was not expecting that to be the case when I was cranking the motor. Thanks for confirming that. 👍

[@mariosnikolaou5212]

Can't wait to see more progress. Thanks bro!

[@SPANNERRASH]

Cheers Marios! 😃

[@jamainegovender9834]

Yor this video helped me all the way in SA thank you sir 🙌🏾 also busy with a project M20b25 turbo

[@SPANNERRASH]

Awesome, glad the vid was helpful for you! Hope your project is going well.

[@becomematrix]

20:33 I always put the cap inside the door. there's a recess that holds it.

[@SPANNERRASH]

Don't worry I won't be putting the cap there when this car has a paint job worth caring about 😆

[@becomematrix]

@@SPANNERRASH haha true

[@ExileElf]

When you replace the rear backing plates, you have to remove that little bracket that the handbrake cable goes through. I took the bolts out, but it doesn't seem to want to budge. Do I just hammer it off? Pull it?

[@SPANNERRASH]

If I recall, it's like a dowel into the rear arm. I would recommend getting some WD40 to soak into it and maybe using something to heat it up. Then a couple of back and forth taps with a hammer should get it moving.

[@ExileElf]

@@SPANNERRASH Great. Got it off, appreciate that. It was a short sleeve so yeh just wiggling and tapping it gently got it out after some time. Soaked in vinegar overnight and it was good as new.

[@SPANNERRASH]

@@ExileElf Awesome, glad it worked out for you pal! 😃

[@steveball1286]

Hi. I'm working on a Z3- same handbrake. With handbrake on, and holding well, I can roll/drive the car backward and forward by a foot or so. Say if I put the handbrake on at an up-hill junction the car will roll back a touch 'til the brake takes effect. It's as though the shoes grip the drum but the whole shoe assembly can rotate a little. I've been told 'they all do that' but it seems a wrong-'un to me. I've just got it apart to investigate tomorrow. Did yours, with lovely new parts adjusted well, do this too?

[@SPANNERRASH]

Interesting! Honestly, not much at all, no more than in any other car with this type of hand brake. I wouldn't say a foot, but a few inches maybe for the handbrake to really grip. It's possible that the locating twist screws that go into the shield aren't held properly on yours. In my vid I used Lockheed Washers to improve this to make the handbrake less sloppy. Hope that helps!

[@ay2gl]

tips on filming if you are using a phone touch once then hold to focus lock so it wouldn't do these random out of foucs shots and if its a camera use manual foucs

[@SPANNERRASH]

Cheers for the pointers on that, we're using a Sony camera for most of the shots, and most of the time we can leave it on autofocus and it generally does a good job. But sometimes it gets it wrong and we fail to notice at the time. Of course, it was way too late to reshoot it by the time we spotted it this time, so please forgive that, we're learning as we go. 😅

[@ay2gl]

@@SPANNERRASH all cool still a banger of a video just thought about giving some hits might be of use and you are doing great with the angles and positioning

[@SPANNERRASH]

@@ay2gl Cheers mate, appreciate that 😁

[@nsheehy9953]

My rear right wheel is getting hot when driving. Its definitely the shoes rubbing on the drum. The cable seens to get slightly stuck where it enters the hub any ideas??

[@SPANNERRASH]

Not uncommon for the friction material to come away from the drum brake shoes and end up rubbing inside the drum so I would investigate that possibility. I think it will become obvious to you when you remove the disc for a look. Otherwise, you might just need to adjust it through one of the hub holes like I showed. Sounds more likely to be the former though. Hope it's nothing major!

[@mikayelnahapetyan5158]

so what was the problem that car wasn`t start???

[@SPANNERRASH]

I'd had the fuel tank off and the whole fuel system dry previously so it took some cranking to get the car to fire up. I thought the pump wasn't working because I couldn't hear it when I switched the ignition on but it turns out the E30 fuel pump goes on the crank so it doesn't prime on the key like newer cars do. No big deal in the end 😁

[@jbkuehne7455]

The angled spring may be in the wrong position. I had to place mine on top so it would catch the teeth in the manual adjuster. This kept is from coming loose after using it long term.

[@SPANNERRASH]

Ahh you think I did it the wrong way around? I felt pretty confident about it at the time but I can always whip the rear discs back off to switch it. I'll take a look, thanks for the heads up!

[@Spider89764]

😢Could you make a video on how to adjust the handbrake. please

[@SPANNERRASH]

Hi mate, it should be covered in this vid dial the winder inside the drum and then adjust at the handle. Worked a treat, although apparently the brake shoe spring should be the other way around to how I did it, so it helps lock the winder. Adjusting it might be harder that way though.

[@ninogrunon]

I know it’s been months but none of my abs sensors fit properly when I did my five lug swap anyone got any ideas I hear pre facelift e36 sensors work just fine

[@SPANNERRASH]

Hmmm that's a conundrum, I guess I was lucky that my E30 has no ABS so its simplified. Your E30 sensors should still be in place for the rear though, right? For the fronts, using E36 sensors that fit in the new front knuckle sounds like it would work, but maybe someone who has experience with making the ABS work will chime in and share their experience. 🤞

[@ahmadalkhalailah6325]

No reverse light

[@SPANNERRASH]

Well spotted Ahmad, I'll get that fixed in the future, I'm sure. Maybe itt's just the bulb. Although I actually think it would pass MOT without one anyway. :)

[@OloOlo-q9k]

od czego sa tarcze hamulcowe

[@SPANNERRASH]

Tylne tarcze muszą pochodzić z 6cyl E46, te 294mm wentylowane. Jest to ważne, ponieważ współpracuje z oryginalnym mechanizmem hamulca ręcznego E30.

[@michaelsidhu4079]

That handbrake installation looks like a pain in the backside to do.

[@SPANNERRASH]

Yep, it's certainly a very fiddly one! Not something I'd like to do regularly, but at least next time I can refer back to my own video. 😂