Back Brake Advisory

[Bristow]

Dear All,

Fitted new disks and pads all round on my Cup and bled each corner of the car.
I took my car in for it's MOT the next week and it passed but got an advisory on the rear brakes saying there wasn't enough effort coming from them...

The hand brake could do with being tightened up, but I don't know if this will help with putting more effort on the rear brakes?? Also if you leave it for a couple of days and then pull off, the rear brakes seem to stick on until you moved. But once they have been "freed" off, them don't do it again.

Defo something wrong with the brakes as they really are terrible!
Any idea how I could sort this?

Cheers!

 

[DrR]

Not another thread on this, check out the vosa MOT info on the 172 cup.

And rear pads sticking on after a few day with the handbrake on? If so every car i've had does this, it's the pads binding to the discs because the disc is rusting.

As i'm feeling kind
Vosa info here
http://www.cliosport.net/forum//showthread.php?t=188611

And big thread on it here

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=376959&highlight=cup+mot

 

[Bristow]

DrRollo I have already seen this... There is definitely something wrong with the brakes as they hardly stop you! And in the wet there pretty much no existent.

I know that brakes rust onto disks, but surely not after two days in the dry!?

I will have a look at MOT thread again, but can any one else shed any light on what could be causing bad brakes?

Cheers

 

[_WILL_]

Do you mean all brakes are bad, have you let them bed in correctly?

Mine stick on a lot at the moment and MOT is due soon so im going to have a look into more.

 

[the_prophet]

have you bedded the brakes in properly? were they that bad before you changed the discs and pads?

 

[Bristow]

They were bad before yes... only because they were really down! And yes they have had about 700 miles to bed in.
My uncles garage where I put them on, he recons I have wound the rear pistons in too much. He says if I wind them out a bit, they will be spot on.

Cheers

 

[_WILL_]

They were bad before yes... only because they were really down! And yes they have had about 700 miles to bed in.
My uncles garage where I put them on, he recons I have wound the rear pistons in too much. He says if I wind them out a bit, they will be spot on.

Cheers

I didn't know you could wind them in to far? Is it all the brakes or just the rears?

If you find out what is making the rear handbrake stick then please let me know.

 

[Bristow]

No Probss Will.

And It just seems like the rears. Im sure I will have it cured this weekend once I have had a fresh look at it. I just thought I would ask on here to get a better idea.

Cheers for you help guys!