Brake conundrum

[Skinny Mike]

Ok try this one, At work this morning when the better half rings me saying there's smoke pouring out of the rear nearside wheel. So tells her to take it back home, less than a mile. Now being the gallant knight in shining armour I took the afternoon off work (woohoo) to sort it out.
It's quite obvious that the brake was stuck on and when I tried to take the drum off it was stuck solid. After a bit of banging and swearing the drum gave up and came off. All was good inside, plenty of meat on the pads, no rusty bits but the adjuster was nearly fully extended?
So took it all out, oiled, greased and copper slipped all appropriate parts, put it all back together with the aduster wound back and put the wheel back on.
After pumping the brakes a few times and winding the hand brake back up I took it for a spin and everything was fine.
Other side is fine as well and no, the wife didn't leave the hand brake on, better driver than me just don't tell her that
So to the point, any ideas? do i need to replace anything or is it just one of those things.
Cheers
Mike

 

[freelander1958]

did you peel back the slave cylinder rubber to see if any fluid has seeped past the piston seals I have had pistons seized in the rear brakes before

 

[Skinny Mike]

did you peel back the slave cylinder rubber to see if any fluid has seeped past the piston seals I have had pistons seized in the rear brakes before

Yes, all lovely and clean, pushed the pistons in a few times to check, all good.
Bit baffled at this one.
Mike

 

[jacksta]

Is hand brake cable OK? Not cracked and binding internally?

 

[Skinny Mike]

Is hand brake cable OK? Not cracked and binding internally?

No thats good as well, all working fine.
Really can't understand why the self adjuster would wind itself out, when I took the brakes off I checked the adjuster and the little ratchet thing, there fine and the spring for the ratchet is fine. The hand brake adjusted itself normaly when i put it back together.
Can cars get PMT?!
Mike

 

[ZDomZ]

Can cars get PMT?!
Mike

It has been known!

 

[Nodge68]

Who knows. My V6 has a similar conundrum. If I drive it through deep water, the nearside rear sticks on. Once it's dried out it's fine. I've stripped, cleaned and lubed the entire assembly 3 times. I've found nothing wrong, it just sticks when it's wet.

 

[Skinny Mike]

Thought it might be the normal sticky brakes at first, I was ready to grind the lip off the edge of the drum which I thought would be there, but it was the adjuster that had wound itself out. Never known this on any of the cars we have owned and not come across a similar problem on landyzone.
I think this is my first unique fault:5bseeya:
Mike

 

[gemsdad]

Thought it might be the normal sticky brakes at first, I was ready to grind the lip off the edge of the drum which I thought would be there, but it was the adjuster that had wound itself out. Never known this on any of the cars we have owned and not come across a similar problem on landyzone.
I think this is my first unique fault:5bseeya:
Mike

could it have anything to do with your special HDC system that you said you have on it.

 

[Skinny Mike]

Your just jealous cos my cars sooo special!! Bet you wish yours did weird things like mine. Landrovers love em.

 

[gemsdad]

Your just jealous cos my cars sooo special!! Bet you wish yours did weird things like mine. Landrovers love em.

oh i have two landys so i know all about them spesshul features.

 

[Skinny Mike]

My other cars a Ford. You get in, start it, it works. Really weird concept!

 

[gemsdad]

My other cars a Ford. You get in, start it, it works. Really weird concept!

yes it is a strange phenomenon isn't it.i have that with my other cars also.

 

[teddywood1]

with it being an auto you could be lucky she took it back home and not any further. back in the 90's my wife borrow my Granada 2.9 auto to take her sister out who was ill with cancer at the time and left the hand brake on she went about 20 miles a week later the gearbox gave up, as when you do a seal test you have the hand brake on for a few seconds at a time, and if you thought of grinding the lip of the drum then it is time you had new ones. you can not be to fussy with your brakes if they are bad they might be the last thing you try to use.

 

[Skinny Mike]

Yes, was thinking to buy all new drums and pads just to be on the safe side. Pulling the caravan again in a couple of weeks, so best bite the bullet and spend some dosh.

 

[teddywood1]

best way to go and examine the springs and everything else like adjuster and if suspect renew

 

[Kizzeh]

I'd be putting on some rear brake flexi hose. If the insides of the hose have collapsed the fluid might be struggling to come back up the pipe holding on the brake

 

[Skinny Mike]

Worth checking, although the cylinder seemed to work fine. Pushed the pistons in and they pushed themselves back out in approx 10 seconds. Didn't seem to be to much pressure needed to move them. But while I'm doing the rest suppose it would be daft not too.
Mike

 

[ZDomZ]

Pushed themselves back out?

They shouldn't do that.

 

[Skinny Mike]

Says in the Haynes manual to put a laggy band round them to stop them pushing out, so thought this was normal?