Important! : mot fail

1. user_48207 Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2010 downpatrick, ireland Posts: 199 saxo vtr mk1 1.5 diesel 106 donor tddi focus

   #1 14th December 2010, 16:37

   ok well car went threw mot today and the only thing it failed on was rear drivers side brake ?
   the handbrake passed tho
   any ideas what it could be and how i can fix it ?
   it has brand new pads in it
   cheers
2. user_20683 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2008 Woolwich Barracks Posts: 3921 52 Plate Black 8v R'

   #2 14th December 2010, 16:40

   What exactly was the number and problem
3. user_48207 Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2010 downpatrick, ireland Posts: 199 saxo vtr mk1 1.5 diesel 106 donor tddi focus

   #3 14th December 2010, 16:43

   901- axle 2 (SB) - 79% imbalance
4. user_20683 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2008 Woolwich Barracks Posts: 3921 52 Plate Black 8v R'

   #4 14th December 2010, 17:07

   Im sure that is uneven wear on the brake pad?
5. user_48207 Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2010 downpatrick, ireland Posts: 199 saxo vtr mk1 1.5 diesel 106 donor tddi focus

   #5 14th December 2010, 17:13

   brake pads are new lol
   ano i dont understand but im going to bleed the breaks again to see
6. Adz_ Newbie Joined: Jun 2010 Brackley, northants Posts: 2 Saxo and also an old 1275 mini

   #6 14th December 2010, 17:20

   ya brakes need bleeding m8 then should be gd
7. user_31412 Established Member Joined: Feb 2009 ★ West / North Yorkshire ★ Posts: 1653

   #7 14th December 2010, 19:19

   ... or a seized calliper..
8. user_48207 Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2010 downpatrick, ireland Posts: 199 saxo vtr mk1 1.5 diesel 106 donor tddi focus

   #8 14th December 2010, 21:56

   ok break blead breaks and still no luck, how will i go about unseizing the caliper ?
   whats the chances of it being the load sensor valve ?
9. LeeM Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2008 Liverpool Posts: 7393 Black Corsa C SRi

   #9 14th December 2010, 22:00

   u lowered? check the bias valve its probably seized
10. user_48207 Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2010 downpatrick, ireland Posts: 199 saxo vtr mk1 1.5 diesel 106 donor tddi focus

    #10 14th December 2010, 22:25

    lowered at front but not at the back, realy need help as i would like to get this fixed and possibly mot'ed tomorrow
11. user_48207 Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2010 downpatrick, ireland Posts: 199 saxo vtr mk1 1.5 diesel 106 donor tddi focus

    #11 14th December 2010, 22:47

    oyea it used to be lowered at the back but i put a new axel in and used the same valve so could it have been ajusted for it being low ?
12. user_31412 Established Member Joined: Feb 2009 ★ West / North Yorkshire ★ Posts: 1653

    #12 14th December 2010, 23:33

    Take a calliper off, pads out, piston seals off, unscrew the bleed valve, and wind the pistons back in gently using water pump pliers. Tighten the bleed screw and pump the brake pedal slowly until the piston is quite a long way out (don't do it 'till it comes out fully!) Keep checking your brake fluid level and make sure its topped up. Spray the piston with WD40, make sure its got no grit on it then unscrew the bleed valve and wind the piston fully in again. Repeat this 4 or 5 times. Put the seal back on, pads in and bolt it back on. Repeat on the other side. Should sort out the imbalance
13. user_48207 Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2010 downpatrick, ireland Posts: 199 saxo vtr mk1 1.5 diesel 106 donor tddi focus

    #13 15th December 2010, 10:02

    bleed valve on calliper is fooked
14. user_31412 Established Member Joined: Feb 2009 ★ West / North Yorkshire ★ Posts: 1653

    #14 15th December 2010, 16:09

    Just a rounded bleed screw or has it snapped off/broken the calliper?
15. user_48207 Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2010 downpatrick, ireland Posts: 199 saxo vtr mk1 1.5 diesel 106 donor tddi focus

    #15 15th December 2010, 18:31

    it has broke off, got a calliper and bias valve of my mates vts so going to try them and see what happens, alto the piston is coming out
    dont understand whats wrong lol
16. user_48207 Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2010 downpatrick, ireland Posts: 199 saxo vtr mk1 1.5 diesel 106 donor tddi focus

    #16 16th December 2010, 20:36

    ok replaced bias valve and calliper and still not locking
    there is loads of preasure going to passanger side but hardly any to drivers side, cant understand why its not working
    if you put your food on the brake you can still turn the drivers rear wheel
17. user_36198 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172

    #17 16th December 2010, 20:48

    brake flexy hose collapsed internally?
18. Tontsy Saxperience Addict Joined: Oct 2008 Plymouth, Fiddling - under a two poster ramp Posts: 14064 Audi

    #18 16th December 2010, 20:50

    Blocked hose?
19. user_48207 Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2010 downpatrick, ireland Posts: 199 saxo vtr mk1 1.5 diesel 106 donor tddi focus

    #19 17th December 2010, 14:14

    ok have a funny feeling the pipes are in the wrong place in the bias valve lol
    can someone kindly give me a picture of were the pipes go