mot question

1. mattyjones Frequent Poster Joined: Apr 2008 Loughborugh Posts: 505

   #1 24th August 2010, 16:46

   right question for you all...
   
   my car failed its mot today because it has no braking on the rear drivers wheel.... under the foot brake but does work on the handbrake...
   
   anyone point me in the right direction?
2. LWS_71 Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2009 Kent Posts: 752 A written off mini

   #2 24th August 2010, 16:51

   Fix car so brakes do apply to the rear drivers wheel.
   Should pass then
   
   Seriously though check the brake lines to the wheel and bleed the brakes.
3. mattyjones Frequent Poster Joined: Apr 2008 Loughborugh Posts: 505

   #3 24th August 2010, 16:53

   yeah that was my first thoughts.... thought something might be in the lines...
4. mattyjones Frequent Poster Joined: Apr 2008 Loughborugh Posts: 505

   #4 24th August 2010, 16:55

   iirc the hand brake is conrolled by a screw in the calliper and the footbrake is controlled by fluid...
5. Mikol Established Member Joined: Jun 2008 Somewhere between Bedford and Brixworth Posts: 2373 106 XS 16v Driveway Ornament

   #5 24th August 2010, 16:58

   Yeah, sounds like a blockage tbh, a leak and you'd notice through the pedal (and when your fluid reservoir is empty)
   
   Or the piston could be stuck, IDK, I'm not expert on these new-fangled calipers at the rear