Very welcome Amy.

Glad to have been of some help.

When you see the state of the operating lever in my car and how seized it was, it very likely you'll have the same problem. My car fully serviced during its time before I owned it, so really wasn't expecting that scenario.

Cheers Tamasp 👍

Very welcome Keith. I'll probably have a look at my brakes in the next month or so to see how well the operating lever is behaving. Way too much salt on the roads up this way causing the problem I think.

Cheers Roger.

Great tip Erik, it was certainly bloody fiddly!

@@Swemist I'd recommend asking a pal to give you a hand, it'll save an awful lot of swearing and frustration 😉

Hope it all goes well!

You're very welcome Trevor, hope it was helpful

@@gtd65 extremely helpful,my daughter just bought a Kia and the handbrake completely seized, just like on your video.All sorted after lots of swearing lol 🤣

@@trevorslater2547 🤣

I've not really had any issues with my brakes other than the ineffective handbrake prompting this video. I've had my car for just over three years now and changed the fronts a couple of years back then the rear discs and pads this year at the same time as the handbrake service. My mother had a Kia Picanto which seemed to eat brakes! I think it had three complete sets of discs in 20,000 miles! In fairness the brake performance was fantastic but they wore out very quickly. By comparison, her previous car, a Mazda 121 didn't have the discs changed in 100,000 miles! I still need to give my cable a slight tweak, since doing this service to the handbrake.

@@Swemist I have to say I've been really pleased with my Ceed overall. It's not the most exciting car but it's very practical and comfortable.

Glad to have been of help Pete

Cheers Brendan. I've been meaning to get hold of a spanner for that very purpose as well. Fortunately, the handbrake still feels very smooth in action, almost two years later. It's a job I was expecting to do every couple of years, so I'll likely service/check it this year once the weather improves. It's blowing a gale right now!

@@gtd65 Last time I had this problem I had to fit a new operating lever, the old one had corroded to the point where the groove in the pivot pin had eroded away and wouldn't hold the circlip any more. It's worth keeping an eye on eBay for when they're cheap so you have one ready, just in case.

@@brendanpells912 that's a good call. My previous car, the i20 had something similar happen but I was away from home at the time and a local mechanic sorted it out. Have to say I've been really impressed overall with the Ceed. It's nothing special to look at but it's just such a competent and practical car.

Hope it all goes to plan for you, weather has been bloody awful here but at least it's now positive temperatures.

All sorted. Thanks. 👌

@@jokelly8492 good stuff!

Sold mine a couple of years back now but it was a decent enough little machine.

Hampus Nilsson, the only tip I can give is to have somebody around to give you a hand putting them in place. Theoretically, it's very simple of course! 🤣

Cheers, trust it helped you out.

2012, I certainly hear you. My 1995 Nissan 240SX in Florida, looks like it left the factory underneath. Road salt, over this way, will soon eat the metal up. I've seen the same thing with cars in the USA from the rust belt regions.

I'll see if I can get the info and post it.

The discs and pads are no longer listed by the eBay supplier I used but I've put the handbrake shoes and spring kit URL in the video description section.

Hi Richard, that's certainly the most fiddly part of the job, at 14:12, it's like you need three hands! Have you got somebody to hold the shoes in place while you use two hands and a pair of needle nose plyers?

I could hopefully get an extra pair of hands. Do I rotate the pin or washer. Just checking but what a pin nose pliers?

Sorry "Needle pliers"?

@@richardcollyer5609 You push the cupped washer with the needle nose pliers down past the pin then rotate until it's turned 90 degrees then the the pin should lock and keep the tension. It is very fiddly but patience will get you there.

@@richardcollyer5609 something like these www.diy.com/departments/amtech-mini-needle-nose-pliers-b3020/5032759025114_BQ.prd

It's certainly a lot more fiddly than it needs to be! 🤣