Td4 Brakes . Help !!!

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sarahtd4

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I have a 2002 Td4 ,only had it for 3 months .
After only 3 days of me owning the car, the brakes seized and it had to be recovered on a low loader. Garage sorted brakes ( rear drums had seized) but its happened again. Every time I park the car and use the hand brake,it all locks up and I have to rock it between Ist and reverse to free it.I,m just worried it will completely seize as it did before !!
My other half is quite good with mechanics and is willing to give me a hand. Can anyone give me some instructions please:)

Thanks

Sarah
 
Hi common problems with drum brakes are
1) Handbrake cable over adjusted and affecting adjusters
2) Handbrake arms seized and not releasing back to stops
3) Handbrake cable sticking or
Seized wheel cylinders
The correct way to sort this would be to strip brakes and examine handbrake arm pivots. Make sure arms are on stops and adjust brakes.
Foot brake and handbrake on hard and re check that they are not automatically over adjusting.
 
Had this problem with mine. Turned out to be the hairpin springs holding the shoes on to the back plate were far too tight and were preventing the shoes from sliding, in fact one shoes hadn't moved at all and was in as-new condition after 35k.
Cleaned and sparingly greased the lands where the shoes rest on the backplate and the shoes where the springs rest and problem solved.
 
today I bought a can of brake cleaner, I got my fella to take the wheels and drum covers off. He sprayed the can to flush out crap while I worked the brakes and handbrake. Offside seemed fine after this, but nearside wheel took a little bit force to make it spin in the air but didn't seem too bad. I parked the car, left it for an hour, then tried to move it. It was locked solid. Any ideas what to do next? or should I take it to a garage next week?
 
As what's been said, needs a strip down. My recent experience was just the same, brakes worked but were binding on especially if the handbrake had been used, even momentarily at a junction. It was the pivot on the handbrake arm at the bottom of the inside of the drum that was seized on both sides. Squirting with cleaner and oil etc and turning with a pair of pliers will get it moved but it won't last. Only sure fix is to take the bit off, heat it with a blowtorch and dip it in a pan of oil. It should be a free moving pivot with no resistance at all other than the spring when it's rebuilt. One thing though, don't be tempted to point a blowtorch at everything when it's all still attached. Brake cleaner is extremely flamable!!! You will be able to check the pistons in the wheel cylinder while it's assembled, just move both shoes to the front and then to the rear. If they do move then the cylinder is ok.
 
Thanks everyone.Car has now gone back to garage. He changed the arm pivot things last time and seemed really confused that it was back in and had checked all sorts of other stuff .They have always been really reliable before, I have been using them for years now

Thanks

Sarah
 
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