Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Can someone tell me whats with my brakes, sometimes when im driving slow i can feel the rear brakes come on with out even touching the pedal, it usually happens after putting on the brakes for the first time after starting the car...

other times ill be at the lights and try to take off when the brake locks on, i either have to roll back slightly to release it or just accelerate then a big clunking noise happens when the brake releases then its fine....

its not like the brakes are too tight because the drums dont feel hot to touch.

i have a feeling it may be my brake booster of sumthing to do with the load proportioning valve

have you been 4x4ing in mud recently? If so give them a good clean out and see if that makes a difference

Could be jammed up with crap. The wheel cylinder could also be sticking.

Give them a good hose out through the removeable bung on the back as see if makes a difference. If not take a drum off and have looksee.

yeh they should be really clean because i recently replaced the rear wheel bearings and while i was at it i pulled the drums apart cleaned them and put them back together, but i also lengthened the load proportion valve to suit my 5 inch lift because only the front brakes work... now its the back brakes playing up

ill pull apart the drum this weekend n see if anything is jamming or sticking...

i had a very similar thing with my 93 hilux.
The value at the start of the brake line bleed it from there.
the value that lets it back into the bottle would be sticking on.
i would be driving along and they would come on because they were getting hot

but what i did bleed all the lines a bit make shore it is clean drain what is in the bottle and put new in crack the bleed value at the start of your brake line near the booster..... give that a try


happy now miss prim and proper

hicker350 wrote:i had a very similar thing with my 93 hilux the value at the bottom of the bottle that holds the fluid they are i your lines like it was sticking on i would be driving along and they would come on because they were getting hot but what i did bleed all your lines a bit make shore it is clean drain what is in the bottle and put new in crack the bleed value near the booster it happened because there was shit making the value stick was not letting it go back into the bottle once you have used the brakes if that makes any sense to you let me know how you go with it

it makes no sense...

first, try some punctuation and use the correct words... at least you spelt them correctly, even if you used the wrong words in the wrong places.

secondly, what is the value on the bottom of the bottle? cant be cheap i would imagine...

hicker350 wrote:i had a very similar thing with my 93 hilux the value at the bottom of the bottle that holds the fluid they are i your lines like it was sticking on i would be driving along and they would come on because they were getting hot but what i did bleed all your lines a bit make shore it is clean drain what is in the bottle and put new in crack the bleed value near the booster it happened because there was shit making the value stick was not letting it go back into the bottle once you have used the brakes if that makes any sense to you let me know how you go with it

WTF, Do you read your typing after you post it or just post it any way because even you don't understand it

haha sounds pissed haha lo

Hi i had the same problem it was the brake drums shoes were contaminated with diff oil after having stuffed wheel bearings the rear brakes would grab for no reason at the lights or what ever

put new shoes in and problem gone

thrashlux wrote:Hi i had the same problem it was the brake drums shoes were contaminated with diff oil after having stuffed wheel bearings the rear brakes would grab for no reason at the lights or what ever

put new shoes in and problem gone

shit yes that sounds like my problem... because thats why i rebuilt them because my wheel bearings buggered out on the way home from tuff truck and diff oil leaked every where through them... i cleaned evrything thing with petrol but ill try replacing the shoes... thanks mate