Freelander nearly killed me!

Isn't it funny how one small seemingly insignificant part can lead to a near death experience?! Driving home on Friday came to the busiest roundabout on my journey and braked as usual...... Clunk, pop and down goes the pedal to the floor! Sh####t Managed to avoid stationery cars and slow to a halt. Got out and had a look round to find brake fluid pouring out the left rear brake drum. Had a look today expecting to find burst wheel cylinder. The actual cause was a corroded brake shoe hold down pin had snapped allowing the shoes to jump off the cylinder! Foot on pedal just spat the cylinder out! A cautionary note worth checking next time you have those drums off...... All sorted now and I'm still alive..... Lol :clap2:

****.. glad you're ok bud..

I bet you had to change your trousers ,but well done for stopping , I always renew those pins people say what a waste of money but it is my life not theirs .

Not much to add to the price of new brake shoes,
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something similar happened to me a couple of weeks ago, it was a corroded brake pipe, new pipes being fitted to OSR brake, will fit new shoes and pins to both sides whilst the vehicle is off the road.

At least your safe mate !!

glad ur ok mate , how far away did u find ur heart , after it jumped out

just pleased ur safe and well buddy

Heheheh, I've had similar twice, though mine were a brake pipe getting worn through and a brake pipe flared end bursting off!!

Glad you're OK, not a nice feeling at all!

Frightened the cr*p out of me I must admit. Lol. Not the best way to do a brake fluid change eh?

glad you are ok but i thought even hippos had dual circuit brakes ........ didnt the othe circuit work either or was it that that allowed you to stop ??

Had total brake failure years ago on a heavily modded spitfire..drove it 100 miles on gears engine and handbrake, NOT recommended.

But fir those who may find themselves otherwise stranded, with a manual box, change down to use the engine to brake, and use the handbrake sparingly.

With the auto, use manual mode and there is some engine braking available.

If you lose a clutch, dont worry either. Start the car in first gear and double de-clutch your way through the gearbox.

lenny1234 said:

Had total brake failure years ago on a heavily modded spitfire..drove it 100 miles on gears engine and handbrake, NOT recommended.

But fir those who may find themselves otherwise stranded, with a manual box, change down to use the engine to brake, and use the handbrake sparingly.

With the auto, use manual mode and there is some engine braking available.

If you lose a clutch, dont worry either. Start the car in first gear and double de-clutch your way through the gearbox.

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Yeah, I drove mine home both times. Admittedly only a few miles each time, but not really hard to do if you anticipate traffic (through the middle of Doncaster both times) and road conditions.

It's an old thread, but the title got my attention ! Have just renewed drum shoes, disc pads, fluid and generally serviced all of the braking system on my 2002 TD4, but a question comes up in my head every time I work on a dual circuit braking system !

Separate master cylinder compartments and totally separate hydraulic systems so designed to provide diagonal braking when one system fails. BUT every dual circuit vehicle I have ever worked on, when you open one bleed valve the pedal goes to the floor. WHY ?? Surely the second hydraulic system being sealed should prevent this.

What am I missing - is dual circuit a con and there is actually no extra protection at all ? Certainly reading this thread makes me think so !!!

Answers please ?!?!?!?

Thanks - I sent this query to Practical Motorist once (yes - a long time ago) and they failed to publish it !!

In my experience the pedal drops and you loose feeling, but the good circuit still works

The cylinder popped on an AX once and I managed to stop it going downhill, I used the gears but held it half way down on half the brakes

http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/mastercylinderreplace/howworks.html

From the description, it looks like a circuit failure WILL maintain some braking in the unaffected circuit, but will require much greater pedal travel to bottom out the failed side before the intact side can develop pressure.