Posted By : Chris Taylor,
22-Jun-2007, 02:42pm
Good though it is, copaslip etc does not last for ever. The front brake problem may be a stone or other foreign body trapped in the pad, or
other general regular build up of muck around the caliper and pad, as the brakes work in a pretty hostile environment.
I would suggest you take the pads out, clean everything up, and put it all back together again, including the retaining pins. You may find
anti-squeal shims are missing and will make a difference.
As regards the rear, I would check the tightness of ALL suspension nuts and bolts you can get at, including the radius arm mounting bracket to
the bodyshell (nuts are on the inside of the car I think). Difficult to get at without stands, but tightness of the nylocs on the driveshaft
u/js and propshaft could also be at issue.
I would expect other suspension symptoms, but if the rear spring mounting box is not absolutely rigid, it could clunk when braking stress is
transferred to the spring. The bolts for this are under an access plate under the rear floorpan. (Not sure if you can get at the single bolt
that goes through the swing spring or not, but check it if you can).
It might just be diff mountings, but you need to get right under the car for that.
You could try applying the handbrake and turning the locked brake drum to and fro (even via a spanner on the hub nut if you have a big enough
socket) and see if you can create the clunk and see whether anything is moving that should not.
It's also worth taking off the drum and making sure the shoe adjuster is securely bolted to the backplate, the cylinder is properly secured
with its spring clips but still able to slide to and fro, and that the shoe securing springs are holding the shoes square up against the
backplate.
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Posted By : Mark Stradling,
22-Jun-2007, 04:07pm
Front pads have all been out, look good, not too much muck around (usual build up of brake dust), no stones, squeal shims all present and
correct.
Diff. and prop were both replaced pre-trip so guess something may need a spanner - sadly this either means buying jack/stands for one-off
use or driving.
Everything inside the drum I could get at looked as expected/seemed secure - I have had problems with the brake cylinders sticking to/in
the paint on the backplate (Smoothright) in the past but that was cleaned up and has (at least had) gone away.
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Posted By : Nigel Lancashire,
16-Jul-2007, 10:01pm
I get this too - no answers, sorry... but at least you feel less alone now eh?
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Posted By : Mark Stradling,
17-Jul-2007, 09:08am
Did a full spanner around the back the other weekend and the only thing that wasn't torqued up correctly were the shock mountings -
but this is probably down to creep in the bushes as anything else.
I adjusted the brakes while I was there and they seemed to take a couple of flats each side and the thunk is less common/not as
loud now.