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"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani) 04/04/2019 at 21:45 • Filed to: BMW

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I have the last 3-series with a handbrake.

Came across this pic of a manual G20.

Poor_Sh > 404 - User No Longer Available 04/04/2019 at 21:52

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Really? The last one made? Impressive, I don’t even know how you’d find that out.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > 404 - User No Longer Available 04/04/2019 at 21:54

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My mom drives an F30. The handbrake feels... inauthentic? Not “fake” because it does fee like a real handbrake, but it feels strange. Like, when stopped, it’s easy to lift, but when moving, there’s a lot more resistance (my dad’s 2016ish Jetta is the same way). Compared to my old Elantra or my Golf where the resistance feels the same moving or stopped (I know because I am a hooligan), they just feel... weird.

412GTI > 404 - User No Longer Available 04/04/2019 at 22:00

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Cloth seat 3 series makes me happy handbreak or not!

404 - User No Longer Available > Poor_Sh 04/04/2019 at 22:09

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I said series...

Poor_Sh > 404 - User No Longer Available 04/04/2019 at 22:15

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Hey if you didn’t want petty, humorless, pedantic, redundant answers... you came to the wrong internet lol

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > 404 - User No Longer Available 04/04/2019 at 22:27

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Ew. I mean mine is AWD so I can’t use the Ebrake for drifting, but I’d be real sad if I bought a RWD 3 series and didn’t get a handbrake. 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > 412GTI 04/04/2019 at 22:28

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Not an American model I assume 

412GTI > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 04/04/2019 at 22:44

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Yeah definitely a Euro model 

404 - User No Longer Available > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 04/04/2019 at 22:52

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If I’m not mistaken BMW handbrakes are actually different than how other manufacturers do it. It has a separate shoe.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > 404 - User No Longer Available 04/04/2019 at 22:58

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As I understand it, most (cheap) cars with four wheel discs have the handbrake set up as a cable operated system that has a set of drums and shoes on the rear wheels (behind the discs so you can’t see em) that are activated when you pull the hand lever. I’m pretty sure my mom’s F30 didn’t though, rather it locked the rear discs using the normal calipers. I never poked around back there, though.

404 - User No Longer Available > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 04/04/2019 at 23:04

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I could be wrong. The only thing I remember was after I did my rear brakes my handbrake barely held and I had to take it back to the shop. My mech took a screwdriver, poked it around for a bit and it was all good.

And this diagram suggests there are parking shoes.

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=3A53-USA-02-2012-F30-BMW-328i&diagId=34_1972

And I’m pretty sure my Solstice doesn’t have shoes.

https://www.gmpartsdirect.com/auto-parts/2006/pontiac/solstice/base-trim/2-4l-l4-gas-engine/brakes-cat/rear-brakes-scat

404 - User No Longer Available > 412GTI 04/04/2019 at 23:05

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It’s the diesel, the only G20 with a manual.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > 404 - User No Longer Available 04/04/2019 at 23:14

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Hm. I remember lil baby shoes when I did rear brakes on my Elantra. Had to adjust their tension so they would "grab" sooner or later by popping up the floor of the center console and spinning a wrench, too, which was a major PITA. 

BreakMyWallet > 404 - User No Longer Available 04/05/2019 at 09:45

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Yep, my E46 has a mini drum brake setup with shoes mounted to the backing plate, using the inner surface of the rotor hat as the drum.

They're a real treat to adjust!