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Soft brakes
300TDi Disco:
Don't know if this is the same on landrovers but when i had my old car and i changed the front pads. i pushed the piston back to quick, which blew a seal in the servo. I found this the brakes would be great for abit after bleeding them but over time they would get softer. hope this helps.
JumboBeef:
--- Quote from: V8DEFENDER90 on December 02, 2008, 15:37:38 ---Don't know if this is the same on landrovers but when i had my old car and i changed the front pads. i pushed the piston back to quick, which blew a seal in the servo. I found this the brakes would be great for abit after bleeding them but over time they would get softer. hope this helps.
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Thanks for the reply.
The thing is, the brakes were 100% before this problem. Then, after a trip down the motorway (when they were not used), they suddenly went soft. It seems to me like something has failed/fallen off/broken and I'm hoping it might just be something simple.............
JumboBeef:
I've given up looking (it's too cold out there anyway).
It is booked into a garage to see what is wrong.
JumboBeef:
OK, the garage bled the brakes and all OK now, but..........
They said the reason they went like this after a long cruise down the motorway was because the front calipers were/are binding on, the fluid boiled and air got into the system.
They tell me I need new ones both sides, and if I don't get it done, they I will get the same problem again. Craddocks want £70 + VAT per side and the garage want an hour per side to fit them, plus fluid.
Does all this sound fair?
Thanks.
karlo:
bit cheaper at paddocks http://www.paddockspares.com/sp/abspage/2/category/DISCOVERY_1/searchbox2/1__Front_Axle/subcategory/Brakes.html
On a lift I would have thought both sides could be done within an hour?
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