RightGuard
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Hi guys,
Just went for my MOT after the car had been sitting in one place for over 6 months. Everything went smoothly , apart from many many many issues with the brakes.
This is a real bummer as I spent a long time on the brakes before I moved back over here.
Details:
001 Nearside inner front brake pad(s) less than 1.5mm thick [3.5.1g] Thats ok, I will change it
002 Nearside rear Rear Brake recording little or no effort [3.7.A.4a]
003 Nearside rear parking brake recording little or no effort [3.7.A.7a]
004 Offside rear Rear brake recording little or no effort [3.7.A.4a]
005 Service brake efficiency below requirements [3.7.A.9]
006 Parking brake efficiency below requirements [3.7.A.10]
:bang:
My main concern is the parking brake. I have read horror stories about cable stretching and such.
My thought is that there is something wrong with the caliper causing the problems with brake and parkbrake efficiency. Hopefully not the parking brake separately.
I am really cheesed off because I got the timing belt and mainly the brake pads changed when I lived in Belgium, and the B hasn't done much driving since then. It was at a main dealer and I suspect that they didn't do what they were meant to do. Better check the timing belt. Lol.
This problem with the brakes, and particularly the brake pressure/efficiency, was always an issue with the MOT over there, and I managed to get it through. I vividly remember thoroughly bleeding the brake lines from air bubbles, yet it was still a large problem, which really confused me, as I have been changing pads and discs on my Passat for years which is a NIGHTMARE. I remember there being a cylinder that automatically distributed the fluid equally to each rear brake, or something like that, , is this a concern?
Just to shorten it up, has anyone had such a problem with the rear brakes before? Any help would be appreciated. Knock on wood it is only a seized caliper or something.
Cheers for the all the help you give me,
Chris
Just went for my MOT after the car had been sitting in one place for over 6 months. Everything went smoothly , apart from many many many issues with the brakes.
This is a real bummer as I spent a long time on the brakes before I moved back over here.
Details:
001 Nearside inner front brake pad(s) less than 1.5mm thick [3.5.1g] Thats ok, I will change it
002 Nearside rear Rear Brake recording little or no effort [3.7.A.4a]
003 Nearside rear parking brake recording little or no effort [3.7.A.7a]
004 Offside rear Rear brake recording little or no effort [3.7.A.4a]
005 Service brake efficiency below requirements [3.7.A.9]
006 Parking brake efficiency below requirements [3.7.A.10]
:bang:
My main concern is the parking brake. I have read horror stories about cable stretching and such.
My thought is that there is something wrong with the caliper causing the problems with brake and parkbrake efficiency. Hopefully not the parking brake separately.
I am really cheesed off because I got the timing belt and mainly the brake pads changed when I lived in Belgium, and the B hasn't done much driving since then. It was at a main dealer and I suspect that they didn't do what they were meant to do. Better check the timing belt. Lol.
This problem with the brakes, and particularly the brake pressure/efficiency, was always an issue with the MOT over there, and I managed to get it through. I vividly remember thoroughly bleeding the brake lines from air bubbles, yet it was still a large problem, which really confused me, as I have been changing pads and discs on my Passat for years which is a NIGHTMARE. I remember there being a cylinder that automatically distributed the fluid equally to each rear brake, or something like that, , is this a concern?
Just to shorten it up, has anyone had such a problem with the rear brakes before? Any help would be appreciated. Knock on wood it is only a seized caliper or something.
Cheers for the all the help you give me,
Chris