West Slope Rover
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A guy I know has a 2006 HSE Sport and we were talking Rangies. He has money and takes his to the local Land Rover dealership to have things fixed. I don't have money and keep mine going myself (with the invaluable help of this forum) so he quizzed me on this thinking I was a mechanic.
He asked what would cause him to have no brakes on cold mornings. The pedal is rock stiff when he tries to hit the brakes. Pedal barely moves, so no stoppy.
Land Rover says they've never heard of such a problem, so he's asked the techs to come to his place in the morning to test it because by the time he's driven to the dealership, the brakes are fine. They won't do it.
Now, I'm a knuckle head, not a Land Rover tech, but I'm thinking sticky pots due to metal contraction and binding. Friction of calipers on disc heat things up enough to work again. But that would be something a Landie tech would know, right? Or am I too simplistic in my theory?
Any ideas wise ones?
He asked what would cause him to have no brakes on cold mornings. The pedal is rock stiff when he tries to hit the brakes. Pedal barely moves, so no stoppy.Land Rover says they've never heard of such a problem, so he's asked the techs to come to his place in the morning to test it because by the time he's driven to the dealership, the brakes are fine. They won't do it.
Now, I'm a knuckle head, not a Land Rover tech, but I'm thinking sticky pots due to metal contraction and binding. Friction of calipers on disc heat things up enough to work again. But that would be something a Landie tech would know, right? Or am I too simplistic in my theory?
Any ideas wise ones?
