Your car’s handbrake is a mandatory security feature according to the highway code, in fact , it aims to stop your Tesla Model X, even over a slight slope. It must be independent of the main brake controls. It will be possible that as time passes the wire system of the hand brake will loosen up and you will not pass the technical control or you may feel that it is actually no longer stopping your car. To deal with these concerns, we will look at how to adjust the hand brake on your Tesla Model X . To accomplish this, first we will see the adjustment of the manual handbrake on Tesla Model X , in that case, in a second step, how to adjust an automatic handbrake, and lastly the price of the service performed by a professional.
Adjusting a manual handbrake on Tesla Model X?
So we start off our article with the hand brake adjustment of a Tesla Model X in its manual version. This version works in a simple way using a system of wire and anchoring screws that allow you to control the tension with the device and so to modify the stroke with the lever of your handbrake. To act on it you will have to act on these types of screws in order to extend the handbrake cable of your Tesla Model X . In any case, just before adjusting the hand brake, you must be sure your rear end wheels aren’t blocked throughout the adjustment. Please find below the detailed process to carry out this intervention:
- At the level of your handbrake, remove the plastic console that covers it using the torx screws and clips.
- Once performed, you should see a trapdoor in your handbrake, open it to see the screw and wire system.
- You need to locate the locknuts and loosen them with a wrench to allow you to change the cable tension.
- Now screw on the lock nuts about both sides, make sure to make the exact changes on both sides to hold a balanced brake, and be sure the hand brake handle of your Tesla Model X has a stroke of about 3 notches.
- Tighten the locknuts and check the fastening of the rims of your car, if it’s good you can reassemble the set, otherwise tighten up again the tightening anchoring screws until you get an optimal setting
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If you don’t have access to the handbrake flap of your Tesla Model X, the adjustment will be exactly the same but it surely will be done by passing underneath your car at the level of your handbrake handle. Make sure put your car on the stand just before any action.
How do I adjust the automatic handbrake of my Tesla Model X?
Second approach to handbrake adjustment about Tesla Model X , this is an automatic handbrake, contrary to the manual one, this method is done on the brake drums or calipers, and it is designed to adjust automatically for the wear of your brake shoes or brake pads. It may be that if you rapidly have to purchase brake pads, your handbrake will lose power, listed below are the steps to take to check if the tension of your handbrake is the right one:
- Realize that an automatic handbrake can’t be adjusted directly because it is designed to adapt themselves to the don of the brake pads or shoes of your Tesla Model X.
- You can still check that the system is functioning effectively by putting the automobile on the stand and checking by driving under the car that the brake pads are still in good performing order.
- For drum brakes it will be necessary to take apart the brakes to check your the shoes, we advise you to have it achieved by a professional.
- Make sure to replace your brake pads if you need to.
What is the price of adjusting the handbrake of Tesla Model X by a professional?
Finally, if you do not feel comfortable with this procedure, especially since it fears a security component of your car, namely the adjustment with the handbrake of your Tesla Model X , we give you advice to go to a motor mechanic that can adjust your handbrake for your about fifty local currency . When you have problems with vibrations when braking on Tesla Model X, do not hesitate to consult our article which deals with this problem.
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