Renault Clio Handbrake / Parking Brake Adjustment

This is how I adjusted the handbrake on my 2003 Clio dCi 65.

[@Iolis]

I have succesfully readjusted the handbrake on my Clio after watching and following the clear demontration given above. Many thanks indeed for a most useful video.

[@KomradeShotabollokov]

Thanks for the feedback, glad the video helped.

[@trevorthompson1344]

I have a Renault kangoo, I didn't have a clue where the adjustment was hidden until I watched your video, it's in the same place behind a four bolt heat shield . Thank you .

[@KomradeShotabollokov]

Hi Trevor, I'm glad the video helped for your Kangoo. Thanks for watching.

[@cliffcrabtree4359]

Easy to follow instructions , the travel on my handbrake is too long. I can fix it now with your great vid. Thank you.

[@KomradeShotabollokov]

Thanks for the comment, Cliff.

[@nevpooley2877]

Really good and simple instructions. Many thanks. 10/10

[@gavind9487]

Excellent, just what I needed.

[@johnmaine674]

Super clear , nice and swift , complete! Ta !

[@Iolis]

Jolly helpful presentation. Many thanks indeed!

[@richardrichard5409]

Or of course you can adjust them correctly at drums😎

[@TheJmsmurphy187]

thanks needed to adjust mine but I thought I'd have to take out the centre console instead of going under the car really helpful

[@KomradeShotabollokov]

Yes it's quite an easy adjustment, overall. Would've been easier without having to remove the heat shield though...

[@TheJmsmurphy187]

+Komrade Shotabollokov yea it is a pain but thats Renault for you.

[@georgehuser4711]

Thanks for the vid mate. Needed that. My handbrake starts to grab after 7th click after I changed the rear brakes

[@nicklaslundvall1188]

Realy good Thanks, now i can fix my clio 🤝

[@Largo5441]

Very informative video. So good.

[@Ewhurstlane]

Top notch video with very pleasant articulate commentary. Well done!

[@JunglistBass]

Cheers mate this was very helpful mine just failed the mot on the handbrake going to give this ago now :)

[@KomradeShotabollokov]

No worries, hope it helps. Thanks for the feedback.

[@pigeon-uc9wo]

Brilliant straight forward excellent instructions thank you mate 👍

[@KomradeShotabollokov]

Appreciate the comment, cheers

[@mieskhan]

fantastic video Mate!!!

[@ACDC1998Zippo]

Thx mate, very helpful

[@alexhanson3562]

I know Im late but did he say it’s a 13mm for the adjuster

[@JXLY7]

Bolts! Thanks for the video.

[@KomradeShotabollokov]

Cheers mate.

[@trevorslater2547]

Brilliant thanks 👌

[@jamiemadigan7234]

Good.

[@knet1111]

Self adjusting mechanism. stucks generally. And doesn't self adjust brake pads' distance. You are adjusting the cable but you need to adjust pads. When you do that handbrake adjusts automatically too.

[@bousanR]

Why this self adjusting mechanism stucks? Whst it is possible to do to fix it?

[@skippyglen6610]

Great vid again mate. The handbrake is getting a bit high on my Kangoo so may well have a go at mine now that you have shown me how. Any chance you could change the oil cooler as I have to do mine. Only joking would not wish that on anybody!!!

[@KomradeShotabollokov]

I don't know if my car has an oil cooler (I'm not sure how different the 1.5 dCi is between a Kangoo and a Clio) but I don't have any plans to look at it if it isn't causing me trouble! I will probably be removing my EGR and cleaning it soon though: I think it's causing the EML light to come on intermittantly.

[@skippyglen6610]

Well it was worth a try!! Good luck with the EGR valve done mine a couple of times now and its not that bad once its out of the sleeve, would not bother with the oven cleaner trick, I found paraffin worked ok but you will need a lots of gloves and overalls !!!!

[@KomradeShotabollokov]

Yeah I'm sure it's bloody messy and I want to keep as much of that carcinogenic soot off me as possible! It'll give me a chance to assess the state of my turbo oil seals too by guaging how much oil is in the EGR.

[@jimcricket7679]

Hey mate, great video very in depth. I have an issue at the moment. My issue is the linkage bar that holds the cable bracket, when attempting to tighten the adjuster nut the bar seems to turn along with the rotation of the nut do you have a method of perhaps securing the bar whilst trying to adjust the nut. Thanks

[@KomradeShotabollokov]

Hi Jim, it sounds like the nut has rusted onto the bar over time. I would probably try to hold the bar in one hand with pliers of mole grips, then with the other hand tighten the adjusting nut to break the rust seal.

[@jimcricket7679]

Komrade Shotabollokov Great thanks, I was already trying with a set of mole grips but wondered if you had any other idea's but yeah I'll soak it in wd-40 for a little while and try in a bit! Thanks very much again man, great help!

[@Zdravko1394]

Thanks

[@MatthewGanley]

I got a citroen c3 desire Just wounding last mot test says the hand brake travel high but not excessive I just wounding does it need tighten up to fix the advisories for It

[@MrQueelie]

Good info

[@ParFektion]

OMG! Did they seriously put that mechanism UNDER the car?! 😅👏 That is just plain stupid 😅👏

[@KomradeShotabollokov]

Not only under the car but behind the exhaust heat shield too... Far from ideal.

[@jimbo992]

Transmission tunnel? In a front wheel drive?

[@KomradeShotabollokov]

Well, old terms still in common use are hard to forget. There is no such thing as car tax (it's VED, of course) but people still call it that. So, yes, exhaust tunnel might be better for a FWD car.

[@jimbo992]

@@KomradeShotabollokov it’s not an old term though, plenty of RWD cars with transmission tunnels 😂

[@KomradeShotabollokov]

Oh, and AWD cars with on-demand drive to the rear wheels too. But do you think RWD is as common as it once was? Which drive type do you think makes up most of the vehicles you see day to day on the road? The default for cheap small cars used to be RWD ( I have a Minor and an A40 in the family) but is this still the case?

[@jimbo992]

@@KomradeShotabollokov I’m not trying to bust your balls, just strange to hear the term used on a FWD car 😀. There are still lots of RWD cars on the road, 2 of my 3 cars are RWD 🤷🏼‍♂️. Transmission tunnel is what it says, a tunnel to accommodate a drive shaft.

[@KomradeShotabollokov]

No worries, like I said just a previosuly common term used off-the-cuff but technically wrong on this car and the majority of cars on the road today.

[@newry123]

good vid mate cheers

[@KomradeShotabollokov]

No worries, thanks for watching.

[@MrAndrjuha]

Thanks Komrade,is automatic have same method to adjust hand brake?

[@KomradeShotabollokov]

I'm not sure but I would imagine that it is the same method.

[@user-kg1fc3tc4l]

Спасибо

[@nigelmitchell351]

Renault are horrible my son has a clio, daughter has a citroen C2, Citroen seems overall much better thought out and engineered. So much easier to maintain.

[@KomradeShotabollokov]

I've had various PSA vehicles and almost universally enjoy working on them. Most things on the Renault don't annoy me but some things could definitely be better thought out, I agree.

[@craigfishcake2543]

Front wheel drive cars don't have transmission tunnels. Otherwise very useful, thank you.

[@andyj315]

No understand at all video

[@Maciekat]

lol

[@MateoCroo]

Thanks mate