CAR FAILED MOT - Brake compensating valve on the rear wheel !

[Joey66]

I thought oh not bad for just pulling to one side at the rear bound to be a leaking cylinder - nothing wrong My friend cleaned them put new wheel cylinders on adjusted them accordingly give the a good brush etc etc only at the last resort did he look at the compensating valves swapped them over and bingo - no mechanic even the MOT tester had know this part to go ever on a saloon car ... so if your car ever does pull to one side in an MOT dont ever think its an easy fix - yes he even tried sawdust..........
two valves for my 1988 MK 3 astra had to come from Germany £79 +£8 P&P the dealer wanted £240 + vat + 8.00 P&P the size of a bullet a sealed unit...
if you look on e bay or Google they are hard to find my car model had 6 different types.........

 

[The binman chronicles]

Good that you got it sorted. Not surprised they didn't know about it, no one has drum brakes anymore!!

 

[blueloon]

Good that you got it sorted. Not surprised they didn't know about it, no one has drum brakes anymore!!

Ah fond memories, not, of replacing brake shoes many , many years ago. Pushing hard on the washer/ spring to get it in place and it frequently pinging off at great speed past my ear!

 

[Joey66]

Good that you got it sorted. Not surprised they didn't know about it, no one has drum brakes anymore!!

No I rang a top guy who did a gearbox for me 4 years ago he stated the never ever go on saloon cars only on large commercial vans - my little car has 64 000 on the clock had it 11 years -owes me nothing really ...

 

[Joey66]

Good that you got it sorted. Not surprised they didn't know about it, no one has drum brakes anymore!!

No electric sensors on the new models what could possibly go wrong with them in the future

 

[The binman chronicles]

Ah fond memories, not, of replacing brake shoes many , many years ago. Pushing hard on the washer/ spring to get it in place and it frequently pinging off at great speed past my ear!

Yes same here, I once bought a mini that had better back brakes than front, after I crashed it into a post (less said about that the better) I had the pleasure off sorting out the four sets of drums, it's like a precision puzzle that is spring loaded with your face about 5 inches from the danger zone.

 

[Joey66]

I'm that old I remember when you could buy brake cylinder sets to replace the ones in your leaking cylinder for pence .....

 

[Joey66]

one on ebay for a vauxhall corsa- no good to me as mine is an astra at the time £27.95 it looks 2nd hand too......

 

[Goat]

one on ebay for a vauxhall corsa- no good to me as mine is an astra at the time £27.95 it looks 2nd hand too......

How much for a pair Joey?

 

[Eggs]

...all double Dutch to me. I remember somebody once asking for a ‘jump start’. I was happy to help but gave up after 5mins because I couldn’t find the lever that opens the bonnet. I know the engine is in the front but that’s about it as far as cars are concerned.

 

[Chewbacca]

I'm that old I remember when you could buy brake cylinder sets to replace the ones in your leaking cylinder for pence .....

Still are for real old cars (1988 is still a young'un compared to mine)

 

[neil999]

what the heck is this about???

 

[scratchnsurf]

what the heck is this about???

Go back to sleep Neil. This is man talk in here.

 

[neil999]

Go back to sleep Neil. This is man talk in here.

brrrm, brmmm etc

 

[scratchnsurf]

brrrm, brmmm etc

Actually, I have nothing further to contribute.