dangerous words RichardW
earlier up the post stu says his brakes are really good
this says to me new brakes on front confirmed by stu
and most probably rear brakes have been cleaned and adjusted for that just-- so --feeling
-=--now bare with me rw
this is exactly the scenario that boils fluid and leaves you with no footbrake in exactly the situation you wouldnt envisage because the shoes are done up they can catch a little when youve been 5 miles and the heat goes through the drums and into the shoes and into the slave cylinder
i mentioned after an absence that the later suzi car is susceptible to low mileage wheel bearing failure and small cars in particular can be very prone to rear brake circuit failure due to heat build up
please dont think it only happens coming down a very large hill with your foot constantly on the brake,i had failure twice i can recall once in a triumph acclaim as i came back from the mot so the brakes will have had a dammed hard workout and once in a brand new sunny coupe both frightening experiences because you brake nothing happens and many yards have been covered in the meantime
oh just remembered i had brake failure last month on a transit,the brake pipe had rattled out of the master cylinder,now that was a real frightener as i was fully loaded when i pumped for england to stop the hulk.....
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