Hand bracke PEUGEOT EXPERT Box (222)

Oi, looking for the handbrake setup on the back of your ‘05 Peugeot Expert, and you’ve got discs at the rear? Not always common on vans of that era, but hey, yours came from the “fancy brakes” department!

Here’s the quirky bit: even though your van’s got rear discs, the handbrake usually doesn’t use the main pads. Instead, it’s got a little set of mini drum brakes hidden inside the rear disc "hat"—think of it as brake inception (“drums inside discs, mate!”). So when you pull the handbrake, it actually operates these tiny drum shoes, not the main disc pads.

To find the mechanism, have a look behind your rear wheels at the brake discs. You’ll spot cables running to the back of the caliper area—that’s your handbrake cable. The cable pulls on a lever, which works those hidden shoes in the disc’s centre section.

If you ever need to work on it or adjust it, you’ll need to:
- Whip off the rear wheel.
- Remove the main caliper and disc (get ready for a bit of persuasion—they love to stick after a few years).
- Underneath, you’ll find those sneaky drum shoes and the handbrake gubbins inside.

The cable adjustment can usually be done inside the van or from the cable’s balancing bar underneath, but if your actual handbrake isn't biting much, could be worn shoes or the mechanism’s got gunked up.

So, bottom line: Your handbrake’s living its own little life inside your rear discs. Bit of a faff to get at, but at least it’s not made of string and good intentions! And if you need to explain it to someone: “yeah, it stops with disco drums, mate.”

Hope you keep those Expert stops, well... expert!