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Author brakes stopped working today :|
sxi boy
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22nd Mar 04 at 21:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
picked a wicked time to fuck up aswel

80mph down the A1(M) went to put the brakes on, foot went to the floor, nothin happened

never bn so scared!!! luckily i managed to nurse it to the hard shoulder to call the aa

got a punto 1.2 courtesy car from the aa cos they couldnt fix it today for me, not bad

still @ me brakes
Drew
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well ya were a pad missing
AdamF
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one may be binding and the fluid boiled up.
Trotty
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Bloody 'ell, must've shit yourself!

Any ideas what was wrong?
sxi boy
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think its a problem with the master cylinder

drew - pad was missing off the rear caliper, none of the brakes working now

aa bloke reckons its either air in the system (cos when u pump the brakes u get a little bit of pressure back) or just a fucked master cylinder
AdamF
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22nd Mar 04 at 21:34   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
if you can pump it and you get something then it could be master cylinder. it would have been working not long after if it had just got hot. is it rear discs?

[Edited on 22-03-2004 by AdamF]
sxi boy
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22nd Mar 04 at 21:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeh its got rear discs.

will have to see 2moro when garage ring me to tell me whats up.
Adam-D
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22nd Mar 04 at 21:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
not bein funny mate
maybee im just too sensible.
but when a brake pad falls off - or whatever brake problem you encountered the other day.
i would have not drove the car untill the brakes were checked, fixed, and made sure they were ok.

but thats just me.
sxi boy
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yeh my plan was to nurse the car to my g/f's house to drop her off then get it upto the nearest garage to sort pads and see wot'd happened

shud be sorted by 2moro nite tho
Simon
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thatll teach you to have wheels too big for your car
sxi16vjoe
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quote:
Originally posted by safe_si
thatll teach you to have wheels too big for your car


prick


sxi boy i had this happen in my mk2 fiesta. brakes were brillaint then all of a sudden. nothing.

took an RST with me too
sxi boy
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quote:
Originally posted by safe_si
thatll teach you to have wheels too big for your car


nothin 2 do with size of wheels though
Mattb
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quote:
Originally posted by safe_si
thatll teach you to have wheels too big for your car
why does this make any diffence???? muppet

sound to me like the caliper with the pad missing has moved too much (possibly the piston has popped out) doubt its the master cylinder, reckon either air in the system or you've lost all ya fluid, still scary sh*t tho
sxi boy
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aye im hoping its air in the system that'll be nice n cheap to fix

think the caliper's probably fucked the disc up tho, still shudnt cost much to put right
Gaz
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when u say nursing the speed down did u just take ya foot off the acclerator or did u need to slow down quick? would u have have to brake using the lower gear's?

just been thinking if u was behind someone and they had to slam on that could have beeen dangerous
sxi boy
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22nd Mar 04 at 22:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
engine braked it onto hard shoulder

brakes still worked every so slightly but no really noticeable handbrake didnt work either
Adam-D
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22nd Mar 04 at 22:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
to slow a car when brakes fail
change down the gears take foot of accelerator

and when say around 20-15 mph slowly and i mean slowly apply hand brake
sxi boy
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22nd Mar 04 at 22:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i know - i did it earlier today
Adam-D
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quote:
Originally posted by sxi boy
i know - i did it earlier today


wasnt telling you was telling korsa kid
i know you know or you probably wudnt bee here

u just type faster than me
Gaz
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22nd Mar 04 at 22:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Adam-D
quote:
Originally posted by sxi boy
i know - i did it earlier today


wasnt telling you was telling korsa kid
i know you know or you probably wudnt bee here

u just type faster than me


cheers mate i knew it was somert like that ....
sxi boy
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quote:
Originally posted by marshall
tut tut tut Christopher.
80mph....shame on u boy.
what would the police say?


they didnt say 'ur banned' when i got caught @ 105 mph so i reckon 80 would be
sxi boy
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no
Nath
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Nursing the car at 80mph? The two dont go together surely?

This happened to my mate, his brake hose burst off the calliper
sxi boy
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mine wasnt leaking any fluid tho, hasnt leaked any since lost one of the pads either

mate 80mph is my idea of nursing
Nath
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Fair enough

His didnt leak, it just burst when he tried to brake. Must have been old i guess.

 
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