Handbrake

What ScottyG, said ...Gary

date check gentlemen. posts 8 and 9 are more than 4 years apart :D

lol

(still no useful input)

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Originally Posted by ScottyG

Handbrake on my Disco was getting very hot. Turns out it was a loose earth, the one near the battery and jack; a little bracket with three wires attached to it. The loose one was the closest to the engine and earths the body to the battery cable. No more hot handbrake. Hope this helps.:)

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thats what i was going to mention. remember reading bout similar porblem few years ago which was electrical related and resulted in handbrake cables actually snapping because they were getting red hot.

i think it was about 4 years ago i read that.

I was about to suggest earth after reading the op.
I had a fire from mine. if the main earth is not connected, then the vehicle uses the hand brake cable as earth and it gets pretty hot. Enough to cause a fire as I found out on mine, luckily I was able to put it out.