From: utzoo!decvax!duke!mcnc!jwb Newsgroups: net.auto Title: Re: Backing up to even out brakes Article-I.D.: mcnc.1515 Posted: Sat Feb 5 11:47:24 1983 Received: Sun Feb 6 05:45:23 1983 References: alice.1461 On Datsuns (1978 at least) the rear brakes are adjusted when the handbrake is applied. You can also tell if they are adjusted by the number of clicks the handbrake makes. It works too as my wife never applies the handbrake. I was able to engage and disengage the handbrake about 10 times and go from a condition of handbrake not holding (and probably no rear braking in normal driving) to the nu mber of clicks specified by Datsun. I think this method is as valid as the American one and may save backing into trees, ditches, etc. Obviously applying the handbrake while moving is the equivalent to "evening" the brakes Jack Buchanan University of National Champions Chapel Hill NC