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Fungus Part of things Posts: 960	Help with dodgy brakes Fungus @hondaman
	Feb 19, 2010 17:23:59 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	hi Basically i went to move my mums clio today and the brakes were absolutely diabolical . She has said beforethat the brakes kept locking up, and the car has no ABS. There is absolutely no feel through the pedal until they are on near enough full power, and it feels like there is an inch of slack in the pedal, and then your on full brakes. i thought that maybe it was low on fluid, but then we have the big question of where the fluid is gone! The car is a 52 plate 1.2, and she has had it for around a year, but this problem has only developed recently. Any help is much appreciated. Please move this if it is not in the correct section, but i feel that it is quite dangerous and would really like to get it sorted Thanks,


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cobblers Posted a lot Posts: 3,921	Help with dodgy brakes cobblers @cobblers
	Feb 19, 2010 17:26:16 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Check the usual easy stuff first, I suspect that this is a rear brake shoe adjuster gone sticky. Or, quite likely the lining has fallen off the shoe entirely.
	Last Edit: Feb 19, 2010 17:27:03 GMT by cobblers

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Fungus Part of things Posts: 960	Help with dodgy brakes Fungus @hondaman
	Feb 19, 2010 17:28:55 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	So is it likely to be the rer brakes then? its the front that are locking up, but thats only because you don't really have any feel. il go and check that though


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cobblers Posted a lot Posts: 3,921	Help with dodgy brakes cobblers @cobblers
	Feb 19, 2010 17:33:47 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	If the rears aren't adjusted right it throws the pedal travel out, and makes the brakes really unpredictable. Shouldn't be that much of a job to get the drums off to check, and while they are off you can inspect the rest too. Could also be a sticky front caliper, or even a really ropey front wheel bearing causing side to side movement of the disk and knocking the pads back. My money is on a rear lining dropped off though. IIRC these use the same rear brakes as a 106/Saxo, and I've seen about 10/12 cars with the rear shoe lining fallen off, giving these symptoms. I'd assume it was a bad batch at some point, but I've seen it on my old 130k 1992 XSi, on a 20k 4 year old saxo with the original shoes and everything between.


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Fungus Part of things Posts: 960	Help with dodgy brakes Fungus @hondaman
	Feb 19, 2010 17:47:55 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Thanks! Il have a look in the morning


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cobblers Posted a lot Posts: 3,921	Help with dodgy brakes cobblers @cobblers
	Feb 19, 2010 17:56:39 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Feb 19, 2010 17:47:55 GMT Fungus said: Thanks! Il have a look in the morning Thanks for getting me thinking about the brakes being the same as Clios. It gave me a train of thought and made me work out how to convert a 106 to 4x100 with Clio rear drums, and lupo front disks.


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Fungus Part of things Posts: 960	Help with dodgy brakes Fungus @hondaman
	Feb 19, 2010 19:24:37 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	haha, no problem


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v8ian Posted a lot Posts: 3,782	Help with dodgy brakes v8ian @v8ian
	Feb 19, 2010 21:28:38 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Another thing it could be is glazed discs, normally due to rust contamination, It dosent take long for the rust to form if the car has been laid up for a few days while its been raining. the easy way to cure it is new discs and pads,
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