May 2019
On my 406 there is a speak/grinding noise from the drivers side rear wheel. The handbrake in the car isn't great but its passed its MOT like this. I noticed whenever it is making this noise, that if the handbrake is put on 1 click it goes away? Any ideas what this would be. Read more
Hi, today my grandma took her Volkswagen Up for it's servicing and it cost her 782.16 pounds. It's been service every year and has only done around 2.5k miles in past 12 months since the last servicing with a total of 16.5k miles.
The question is, is all of this maintenance (mostly brakes and heat shield) necessary for such little mileage? ... Read more
less than wonderful Lucas swinging arm calipers of the period on he P6 (though with the DeDion rear axle maybe it was excusable), those same awful calipers ended up on Mk4 Zephyr/Zodiac, being outboard more accessible but also subject to more weather, which quickly destroyed them.
Oh - I remember those on the Mk4 Zephyr & Zodiac. My dad had one of each and those rear calipers where awful. I used to do all the maintenance on his cars (bangers) and the calipers were prone to hydraulic seal failure (entertaining on a singe circuit barking system!) and the auto adjustment was hideous. As for getting the car to pass an MOT re handbrake - this was a black art, but I usually managed to make it just work for a couple of days!...
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The parking brake shoes never actually see any wear, so whenever i remove the disc/drums always give the shoes friction material and drum friction surface a roughen and clean up.
Not sure how the parking brake shoes adjust on the 406, on our cars its a case of old school stick a screwdriver through the relevant hole in the drum and move the adjusting wheel...usually after you find you've been slackening it off and have to then click it the other way....