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With my car going in for it's MOT tomorrow i decided to strip my brakes and give them a once over today. I thought it would take me no more than an hour or two but i have been at them all day and i am stumped. The front calipers went fine but the rears are totaly knackered i think. I wish i hadn't bothered now tbh.
The NS caliper adjusts fine but the handbrake will not come on. The hook that the cable attaches to moves freely so when i pull up the handbrake the wheel has no resistance whatsoever. It's as if whatever the pin connects to inside the caliper is broken so it doesn't push the piston out.
The OS caliper seems to be sticking as when i adjust the handbrake so it comes on at one click and it was free when the handbrake was off but when i first went for a spin to see how the brakes were the OS rear wheel was hot and the disc was discolored.
Both pistons move freely in and out using a rewind tool so i am not sure why the OS one wont retract.
The handbrake cable pulls up uneven as the NS caliper does not engage. I usually pump the pedal about ten times to set the pistons before i adjust the handbrake but doing this sets the OS caliper too tight.
Am i missing something obvious. Could it be air in the system or am i going to have to get another set of calipers?
The NS caliper adjusts fine but the handbrake will not come on. The hook that the cable attaches to moves freely so when i pull up the handbrake the wheel has no resistance whatsoever. It's as if whatever the pin connects to inside the caliper is broken so it doesn't push the piston out.
The OS caliper seems to be sticking as when i adjust the handbrake so it comes on at one click and it was free when the handbrake was off but when i first went for a spin to see how the brakes were the OS rear wheel was hot and the disc was discolored.
Both pistons move freely in and out using a rewind tool so i am not sure why the OS one wont retract.
The handbrake cable pulls up uneven as the NS caliper does not engage. I usually pump the pedal about ten times to set the pistons before i adjust the handbrake but doing this sets the OS caliper too tight.
Am i missing something obvious. Could it be air in the system or am i going to have to get another set of calipers?