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(Message started by: rich1 on Mar 1st, 2009, 10:55pm)
Title: strange
Post by rich1 on Mar 1st, 2009, 10:55pm
driving home tonight and the blower kept coming on even tho it was switched off !!!
and then about a mile from home every time i touched the breaks i got a horrible grinding noise , breaks worked ok , sounded like something was dragging , had a look when i got home but to dark to see anything , any ideas????
i think i managed to sort the blower , i did the reset thing and it seemed to cure it . but its the grinding thing that is worrying me :(
Title: Re: strange
Post by mijfife on Mar 1st, 2009, 11:26pm
Grinding on the brakes usually indicates that a brake pad is down to the metal  :(  A quick check to find out if it's front or rear is to gently pull the hand brake on  (keeping the button depressed) when driving along, if it makes the grinding noise, it's a problem at the rear.

Cheers Jim
Title: Re: strange
Post by rich1 on Mar 1st, 2009, 11:28pm
cheers jim , will give that a try in the morning
Title: Re: strange
Post by Jonnycab on Mar 1st, 2009, 11:49pm

on 03/01/09 at 23:26:23, mijfife wrote:
Grinding on the brakes usually indicates that a brake pad is down to the metal  :(  A quick check to find out if it's front or rear is to gently pull the hand brake on  (keeping the button depressed) when driving along, if it makes the grinding noise, it's a problem at the rear.

Cheers Jim


If this is the case, then there's a good chance the discs may have been scored badly & they may also need replacing  :)
Title: Re: strange
Post by rich1 on Mar 2nd, 2009, 12:57pm
went out this morning , tried jims idea . no grinding
took car for a spin , no grindind  ???
pulled up outside my house , and got some grinding  ??? ???
going to pop it round to my mechanic and let him have a butchers, because im confused as hell ???
Title: Re: strange
Post by rich1 on Mar 3rd, 2009, 5:29pm
it was rear brake pads :-[
Title: Re: strange
Post by SnowyScorpio on Mar 3rd, 2009, 7:46pm
I remember that my MOT guy told me that its usaly the inner pads that suffers the most wear. So one could look at the outer one and think they are ok.
Title: Re: strange
Post by rich1 on Mar 3rd, 2009, 8:16pm
picked it up tonight , no more grinding................lovely jubbly ;D


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