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I supported Toymods
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Australia
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November 2003
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Grabbing/Locking Brakes
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Tue, 07 June 2005 00:42
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I'm driving a mates Hilux at the moment (mid 80's, 2WD, diesel auto), and the brakes are shocking.
When its cold, you touch the brakes and it pretty much just instantly locks them up.
I wasn't gonna do anything about it but this morning in the wet it took me about 100m to stop from 70kph.
It was just lock, off, lock, off, lock, off, etc etc.
I couldn't get the brakes to actually work.
When the car is warm, and the road are dry its better, but by no means good.
Any idea what causes this?
How do I fix it?
I'm tempted to bleed it tonight, but if its a sticky caliper or something, I'm not gonna bother.
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
October 2004
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Re: Grabbing/Locking Brakes
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Tue, 07 June 2005 00:57
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our forklift at work does this too... (just not at the same speed  ) apparantly it's 'cause the drum brakes are so large, the dust gums them up, and so you get the brakes sticking by mid-morning/lunch time they're usually pretty good... depends on how much we're using it... not really sure how to fix it though... but if the cause is the same, might be able to shed some light
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Location:
Tassie
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: Grabbing/Locking Brakes
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Tue, 07 June 2005 02:29
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I had a friend whos car was like that.
what the pressure like on the brake pedals ?
cuz his was old it had no brake booster so on dirt it was a scary ride.
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I supported Toymods
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Australia
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November 2003
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Re: Grabbing/Locking Brakes
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Tue, 07 June 2005 02:49
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Brake pedal feels as per normal car.
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