I replaced the handbrake shoes the other day. I had no issues afterwards but rarely check whether the handbrake actually holds the car on a slope.

Off to the MOT this morning so thought I should try the bedding in procedure. Everything seemed fine until I put the handbrake on at the MOT garage.

Lots of unpleasant noises from the rear end and pinging from the dash telling me I had a parking brake fault.

C1A46-64 Mismatch between motor drive current and resistant force.

Had to drive home with a clear issue, particularly on one side. Found the upper rear side of the new shoe completely worn down but no real idea about what had gone wrong.

Aside from possibly getting the adjuster wheel between the bottom of the shoes facing the wrong way everything appears okay.

Any ideas what I should be looking for?

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Blimey Mike that is a mess.
Did you remember to adjust the shoes tight up to the drum and then back them off about 6 clicks?

I’m always surprised handbrake shoes wear on cars, why should they, you only apply the handbrake when the car is stationary so how come they wear?
Or are a lot of cars driving round with badly adjusted handbrakes wasting fuel.

kevinp wrote:

Blimey Mike that is a mess.
Did you remember to adjust the shoes tight up to the drum and then back them off about 6 clicks?

Ah the joys of drum brakes....
8 clicks sounds a lot. When I was looking at some videos of shoe replacement it was back it off just enough to free the friction which was also how I remember doing it on old cars. 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322)

I know it doesn't help now but when I replaced mine I didn't do the reset and it holds perfect.
Hope you can sort it.

Just read the bedding in procedure and it looks both complicated and impractical unless you have access to a private road. 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322)

kevinp wrote:

I know it doesn't help now but when I replaced mine I didn't do the reset and it holds perfect.
Hope you can sort it.

As you said it yourself,
the adjuster appears to be fitted the wrong way round.

From your picture, see how it is pushing the spring upwards, thus pushing the top of the shoe onto the drum.

Link; https://workshop-manuals.com/landrover/l32...handbrake/ L322 3.6 TDV8 Vogue. 07MY
ML 320 7 Seat full leather etc. (The Black Pearl)

Despite my many years of experience with fitting various brakes to various cars this is just another reason I'm going to let a LR specialist garage do mine when they need it. 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322)

RichM63 wrote:

As you said it yourself,
the adjuster appears to be fitted the wrong way round.

From your picture, see how it is pushing the spring upwards, thus pushing the top of the shoe onto the drum.

Link; https://workshop-manuals.com/landrover/l32...handbrake/

Yep, well said Mike.

Sadly it appears my EPB module is jammed solid and refuses to release. This is going to get expensive!

Have you got an IID tool? I know I've seen an instruction on there for the handbrake. See if you can possibly do a reset?

I've tried all the options on the IID Tool. They all fail.

It appears the internals of the EPB module are jammed solid.