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Offline gtiscott

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brakes went!!
« on: 11 July 2009, 13:45 »
 last night went to reverse and heard a clunk...drove off and first time i went to brake the peddle felt light and there is a grinding/banging coming from the front n/s cant see anything obvious everything still tight and plenty of pad left, does this sound like maybe they are jamming on?

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Offline JC

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Re: brakes went!!
« Reply #1 on: 11 July 2009, 17:13 »
been raining by any chance ?
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Offline gtiscott

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Re: brakes went!!
« Reply #2 on: 11 July 2009, 17:37 »
not really, pretty sunny right now and the car hasn't been sitting for any lenth of time
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Offline Grim_Reaper

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Re: brakes went!!
« Reply #3 on: 11 July 2009, 20:40 »
Quote from: Mr Cunnyfunt on 11 July 2009, 17:13
been raining by any chance ?

he means if your disk is in one piece ;)

jack the car up and put it on stands, spin the wheel and while you watch, have someone press the brakes :)
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Offline doely85

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Re: brakes went!!
« Reply #4 on: 11 July 2009, 21:00 »
mine sounded similar to this, one of the bolts holding the caliper on had come loose and when i braked it made a grinding noise because it was touching the inside of the rim. Easy fix i just put a new bolt in with a split washer and some threadlock
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