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Brakes.... should they stop you?
Range Rover Blues:
--- Quote from: "Jonny Boaterboy" ---sounds like you have had a bad experience! I allways thought oil would burn off eventually?
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So did the guy who fitted my new disks when I had the shocks done on my Cavaliler. One of the reasons I don't pay garages to f*** up jobs I can quite easily do myself.
--- Quote from: "Jonny Boaterboy" ---I will buy you a beer one day =D>
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That'l do nicely :)
Range Rover Blues:
BTW, you asked about bleeding the brakes on ABS cars. It isn't straightforeward if you read the manual and it's going to be a 2 man job.
Given that your system is full of fluid you may get away with bleeding a small amount in the 'normal' way but I would advise having a read of the manual first.
waveydavey:
--- Quote from: "Jonny Boaterboy" ---I will buy you a beer one day =D>
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That'l do nicely :)[/quote]
I was new to the Forums when you came up here last year.
If you come back again and I'm home I will happily buy you a beer!
SebastianW:
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What's happened to mine is that the surface has rusted and the pads have polished that rust, it continued to rust away and formed a scale on the disk surface that the pads polish but can't grip, it's a bit spongy. So the braking effort goes into this scale rather than the disk and the brakes become less effective. What makes it doubly worse is that it mostly happens on the outside of the disk, reducing the disk efficiency further.
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Is there any way to clean up the discs once that has happened?
seb
Range Rover Blues:
Yes you can get them skimmed but TBH it's not worth the cost these days, though I have done it in the past you have to watch you don't go below the minimum thickness.
You can try scrapping the scale away as the wheel turns slowly, engine running in 1st, but it will never be as good as it should be.
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