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David
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Posted: Tue Jun 3rd, 2008 10:14 pm |
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| Bit of a late reply to this subject i know, used to work for Vauxhall few years ago, done many of these brakes, the problem seems to be that they never get looked at at service time, but when adjusted through the drums correctly, they don't grab and are a good brake
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castrolrob
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Posted: Mon Apr 28th, 2008 08:37 pm |
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any brake that locks is an automatic pass......regardless of effort
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covkid65
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Posted: Sat Apr 26th, 2008 11:17 pm |
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| This "grabbing" is a characteristic of many cars with handbrake shoes within the disc,its the build up of corrosion that does it . Have had instances of the lining being pulled off the shoe when boy racers try to do a handbrake turn!
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kev1975
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Posted: Sat Apr 26th, 2008 05:31 pm |
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removalizer wrote: Every time I get a vectra in for test the parking brake grabs violently when applied, apparently they all do it, is anyone out there failing them for this ?
you couldn't exactly fail it for parking brake grabbing , the parking brake is for parking , in other words it gets pulled on when the vehicle is parked .
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Rebel
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Posted: Sat Apr 26th, 2008 01:39 pm |
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Vectra handbrakes very often do bahave like that.
You need to pull it on very gently to try to get the efficiency to build rather than grab.
If it meets the efficiency standard then it should pass.
DC
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removalizer
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Posted: Sat Apr 26th, 2008 08:24 am |
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Every time I get a vectra in for test the parking brake grabs violently when applied, apparently they all do it, is anyone out there failing them for this ?
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