bad brake fault on rrc 1992......any ideas?

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genarrover

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• Oct 23, 2007

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hello all, being as i have lots of range classics about, i am landed with a fault I cant fix.
the brake resevoir became porous, and having fitted one now, I have a problem where the front o/s brake locks up and stays locked up. I cant seem to stop it from happening whenever I try to run it.
ANY help on this would be greatly appreciated, and I hope to add a bit of help to you all in the future. I have been running rr classics for a long time and 2 of us do up to 2000 miles a week each, so we get allsorts of niggles.
cheers
bernie

 

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• Oct 23, 2007

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take yer caliper orf and push the piston out as far as yer can without exposing the seal. then wack some coppaslip on the side of the piston and bung it back in

 

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genarrover

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• Oct 23, 2007

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lovely, will try..........
The car was ok until i changed the main unit, coincidence?
cheers.
p.s like the give a ***ometer

 

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sprox

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• Oct 23, 2007

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HI if the last post dont fix it try new flexible hoses to the caliper, i have known them to collapse inside and act as a one way valve, allowing fluid to pass through but not return.
Good luck.
Sprox

 

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genarrover

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• Oct 23, 2007

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I'd never had one do this before, so i'm chuffed the problem sounds tangible, fair play

 

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slob

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• Oct 23, 2007

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just check yer piston furst before you break into the system.. saves on all that bleeding and stuff

 

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genarrover

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• Oct 23, 2007

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I'll get onto it and get back to you, nice one