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• Polo Rear Brakes 11 May 2004 (Forum)
  G Plate 1.3 Polo Sport. My son tells me after he changed the rear wheel bearings that there were no automatic brake adjusters in the rear drums. Is that correct. The MkII golf had them and the later Polos 91/2 on. It appears, he says, to rely on the hand brake adustment to take up the wear. Regards Peter
• FIAT Panda - Brake Pad Shims Query 9 Sep 2017 (Forum)
  Hi All In need of a bit of advice on brake pad shims, hoping someone can help me out. I started changing the front brake discs and pads yesterday evening on my Panda 1.2 Dynamic Dualogic as one disc is warped. I got to the point on the first wheel where I rotate the caliper down to hold the brake pads in place, but no matter what I did there was not enough space for the caliper to sit in it's correct position.
• MkII DCi - Scenic - Parking brake fault after pads changed! 20 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  Folks, 2006 Scenic Mk II Dci. (this has the servo parking brake) - Rear pads noticed to be approx 2mm at MOT today (46000 miles).  Changed by experienced independent garage, by disabling parking brake. (lever in boot?), pads replaced, all normalised.
• Ford Focus groaning brakes 16 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  When I got out, I could smell what I can only assume to be brakes! The car was left for a few hours and it had cooled down a lot by then. On the way home, I braked hard again (safely obviously) and couldn't replicate the sound. The brakes don't squeak and it wasn't all that long ago I had new discs and pads.
• Vauxhall Astra - Brake pad problem 7 Sep 2013 (Forum)
    At the time of the service, the mileage was 13962.   On 1st August, the car passed it's MOT but I was advised to get the rear brake pads replaced.  I took it to Kwik Fit on 6th September for a brake inspection (I had only used my car on rare occasions since it's MOT) and they called me to say that the offside rear brake pad had worn away completely, as well as the brake disc.
• Volvo S80 Front Brakes 11 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  I poured some water on it to cool it down. The next day i went back to the garage where the brake pads had been fitted. I explained exactly what happened to the guy. He rais the car up on the ramp and took the wheel off. Upon inspecting the brakes he said that the reason why this had happed was because he had only changed the brake pads and not the disks and since the brake pads were new and the disk was old, this sort of thing happens but there was nothing wrong with the brakes since they were working properly.
• A Braking Prayer 26 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  I would get a Volcane (mine is an Aura with rear drums) rear axle complete with discs, calipers and hand brake cables. My question is can I just swap the stub axles, back plates, hubs, hand brake cables etc and connect the calipers up to my existing braking system or will I need a different master cylinder/routing of brake pipes and different pressure compensators etc I know both disc/drum and disc/disc ZX's use a diagonally split braking system, but will I have in correct brake balance if the calipers are hooked up to the existing system?
• mondeo 2002 - mondeo rear brake cylinder cut out 1 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  why is it important to position the rear brake cylinder cut out in line with the pip
• ford 02 mondeo - 02 mondeo rear brake cylinder 1 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  why is it necesary for the rear brake cylinder cut out to line up with the pip
• Volkswagen - T25 Camper - 1990 1.9 Brake lights 15 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  Just bought a Volkswagon T25 camper yesterday and the brake lights aren`t working.Any ideas.
• Peugout 405 front brakes 22 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  I have a K reg Peugout 405 TD estate. Is there any special procedure for pressing back the pistons in my front brake calipers?
• Nissan Micra 1998 1.0L - Brake Pipes 3 Mar 2018 (Forum)
  Hi, Be grateful of some advice....Car just failed MOT due to rusty brake pipe on nearside rear. Use to be part of car clubs where we would do work on cars but it being a while now since I did anything and would like to give replacing brake pipe myself ( get my hands dirty !!)...
• Any - Motorcycle LED Brake/Tail/number plate light 13 Aug 2011 (Forum)
  got a strange problem here. Tried to fit an additional LED light for tail , number plate & brake. New unit comes with 3 wires. Blue- Brake light. Yellow Tail & number plate. Green- earth. Strange when additional brake light is fitted then tail light extinishes but number plate light stays illuminated.
• ford c-max 2007 - sinking brake pedal 30 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  I recently had complete brake failure while driving in slow moving stop start  traffic. The pedal went right down to the limit & no braking. I ran into the back of another vehicle. The brakes have worked perfectly before & after this event.
• Ford Fiesta - Spongy brake pedal 23 Mar 2010 (Forum)
  a friend of mine has a Ford Fiesta. he recently had the discs exchanged as his car was juddering when coming to a halt. Despite this, the car still judders when braking. what might be causing this? also, he feels the brake pedal is spongy. what might be causing this: i suggested an air lock, but what other factors may cause this problem? Finally, he says the brakes are not that sharp when coming to a halt at higher speeds. again, can this be improved in any way, and would worn calipers cause such a problem/ the spongy pedal contribute to this?
• Subaru Forester (1997 - 2002) - 02 2.0T Fr n/s and rear o/s brakes locking on 21 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Help! Forester 2.0 Turbo 52 plate. Fr n/s and rear o/s brakes locking on. Replaced ABS unit, replaced master cylinder bypassed valve between master cylinder and ABS unit and still brakes lock on. No pressure at master cylinder when we loosen brake fluid pipe.
• Nissan Primera II (1996 - 1999) - 1998 2.0 l rear brakes 21 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  I have SE estate that has lately had rear brakes seizing on. My garage ( who are usually good) have replaced both rear brake hoses and the caliper on off side. Prior to this one side then another would stick on and overheat. The front brakes do not stick on or overheat.
• long brake pedal - 2002 honda civic 15 May 2007 (Forum)
  hi all, a friend of mine has just had his car mot'd. the garage is quite good but he failed it for brakes and a wiper. no worries. so they gave the brakes a tidy then retested it. it has now passed the brake test and therefore the mot but they are saying the pedal is still quite long. the car in question is a 2002 honda civic 1.7 coupe. its the one with a big boot> http://users.autoexposure.co.uk/externaldrilldown.cfm?
• Fiat Cinquiento offside rear brake plate 31 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  Hi fellow car fanatics... A friend has offered to fix my girlfriends fiat cinciquento and says she needs a rear offside brake plate? I believe it is the bit that the back brake fastens on to... is this right? If I go into a fiat parts dealer, will they know what a rear offside brake plate is?!?! Following on from that, if anyone knows of a fiat parts dealer that sells online or over the phone that could supply the above part by post, that would help.... or somewhere near stoke on trent / stafford that I could buy one from..
• citroen saxo brakes 11 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  right i have got a citroen saxo 1.1 p reg and the problem is the brake pedal travel is too excessive i have replaced the master cylinder and bled the brakes until no more air comes out from any of the system i did this by starting at the furthest point away from the master cylinder but still excess travel i got in the car and tried pumping up the brakes with the engine switched both on and off and they will not pump up anymore at all please can someone give me some ideas otherwise a rag in the tank seems the only action lol