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Binding brakes

smithmike202
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20 Jun 2013 11:40 #74480 by smithmike202

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Hi, i have a 1999 jimny, i had to replace brake pipes for the test, and disks and pads.
Just after the test the brakes started to bind all the time and the only way to release them was to crack the blead nipple, or any other union on the system and you heard the pads relax.
After several garage trips and many pints of fluid in a last chance effort before calling the breakers in i found an adjustment on the brake pedal that goes to the master cylinder and wound it 2 turns back, problem sorted.

I have spoken to severalMechanics both back street and main dealer and no one has ever heard of anything like it.

Hope this helps someone.
Mike Smith

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j999pre
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20 Jun 2013 11:46 #74482 by j999pre

Replied by j999pre on topic Binding brakes

Good advice. I was going to suggest a dodgy flexy not letting fluid back. Were all the brakes binding?

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20 Jun 2013 11:49 #74483 by markyp2000

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A few cars have adjustable brake pedals

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