DiscoStu Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Hi all, wondered if you could offer any advice. A mate of mine has a V8 Disco 1. His troubles started off with a spongy pedal, he rectified it with a new servo, master cylinder, discs and pads all round. He now tells me that he cant even drive half a mile before his brakes start to bind on and he has to stop or return home for fear of getting stranded. He's been at this for four weeks now and reckons he is now on his 4th Britpart master cylinder. I asked him all the questions I felt were the obvious ones but he seems to have looked at all the things I would have checked too. What do you guys think could be causing this? I'll not sully the water by telling you all the things I asked him to check, kind of want a fresh take on it then we can start from the beginnig again and try to get to the bottom of the problem. Any and all suggestions appreciated, Stu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco_al Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 collapsed brake hose? sticky calipers? br*tpart components? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeagent Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 For a start, don't buy anymore Britpart components, they are of very poor quality and many people on LR4x4 (including me) won't entertain their stuff at all. I've not got much of an idea on what your mates problem is, but I would try to eliminate poor quality components first... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Is there any pedal free play at the top (before you feel the brakes start to work)? Is the pedal harder/less travel, when they start to bind? Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoStu Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 I totally agree about Britpart stuff and I dont use it myself. He has been and got a bearmach master cylinder this morning, we'll try it later. Regarding the pedal, it seems like a "Normal" pedal, good, not spongy, no free play. When they start to bind - good question, I'll investigate later. Cheers all. Stu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoStu Posted April 24, 2009 Author Share Posted April 24, 2009 Thanks for the help lads. It was the master cylinder. Fitted the new one, bled up and problem gone. Stu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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