Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 18:32:36 +0000 From: Grunff <grunffnopsam.com> Subject: Re: MOT Failed
MeatballTurbo wrote: > Failed. Broken Numberplate. (not a biggy). > Failed. Left hand size Handbrake inopperative. Got it home, chocked the > back wheels, and let the handbrake off, and indeed, it is showing very > little movement, and is very stiff. Cable moves freely. > > Is there anyway to free up the handbrake without removing the caliper > form the hub/disconnecting the hydaulics? It depends how bad it is. I have had success using this method, but not all the time. Sometimes the only way is to replace the caliper. It's worth a try though. Remove the pads and unbolt the caliper from the hub carrier (don't disconnect the hydraulics). Get someone to pump the pedal gently forcing the piston out. Retract the piston. Repeat. Refit the caliper. If it's worked, great. If not, time for a new caliper. > Also, even though the car has been driving really nicely, including > going to the MOT station, when they had taken it off the ramps, and I > had paid, I went to press in the clutch and it wouldn't move. Locked > solid. A couple of presses, and it moved but was very stiff. Eventually > it freed up, and now moves smoothly, but feels lighter than it did, and > occasionally it feels rough/clicky again. The only way to describe it is > as a crunchy feeling but that has gone too now. Sounds very odd, and I really can't think of anything which would first cause those symptoms, then go away all on it's own!! -- Grunff
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