Hi all. Managed to adjust the other side of the rear brakes. Will give it a test drive tomorrow evening. The handbrake lever is a little better about 18 clicks. If all is ok after test drive I will tension the handbrake cable, hopefully get down to 8clicks or so. Back plates are ok at the moment but might treat myself to new rear brake rebuild next year. Any advice on best place to go would be appreciated. Thanks all for the advice on this. Although the shoe thing was abit random.
http://thelatebay.com/index.php?threads/handbrake-failed-mot.28741/ I had some problems last year with handbrake . Got great advice on here , just a few mm of weld saved my bacon and alot of heartache and probably money , link to the thread above .