i've got an odd one. car had its mot and failed on the handbrake. do i done the usaul to sort it out but............the driver side brake locks and the passenger one doesn't. so took the caliper apart and greased lubed etc BUT STILL THE SAME. so i then put a different caliper on............the same. so i took another look and the outer pad doesn't seem to make full contact with the disc yet everything is flush???? lost on ideas now, and just managed to get the car to past mot. doesnt seem to affect the car while under hard braking but i just want to get it sorted

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The lever arm should pull back so it's slightly more than 90 degrees to the car, if it does that (and then retracts again smoothly) then I very much doubt it's the cable.

If the outside pad isn't making contact it's because the caliper isn't centering properly, and that can only really be the sliders as far as I can think.

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