What could cause this !

Hi Folks,
Occasionally if i havent used my freelander for a few days when i start her up and begin to pull off it seems like the handbrake gets a little stuck even after i have released it and for a split second the freelander handles like the handbrake still on. - always just as i am about to attempt to pull away

Any ideas ?

sounds like a stuck handbrake to me.

try leaving it in gear instead and see if it is better, Dont forget to depress the clutch prior to starting, unless its an auto - in which case just leave it in park with no handbrake.

If you live near the coast like I do, sometimes the brakes will seize slighly due to the alloy wheels but after second it eases off. It is the rain that gets into them.

can you explain that bit about alloys causing yer brakes to seize?

I just know from living on skye that with the salty rain coming down and because I have alloys then there is no stopping the water from directly running onto the brakes and so they seize occaisonaly when not used for a while but all I have to do is drive and you can feel it sticking for a few metres but then it free's off and it's fine after that. This may not be your problem but it is a possiblitly.

slob said:

can you explain that bit about alloys causing yer brakes to seize?

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I think he is saying that alloys invariably have bigger holes in them, than pressed steel rims and therefore allow more rain etc to hit the disks from the outside

thats a new one, so how come its nevva happened to any of ma vehickels witt alloys?

yu evva taken one to Skye?

maybe yu take more care of yours - or dont live on a beach?

fook sake lad i've been to skye more times than i care to remember. spent fookin hours waiting fer that daft ferry,..caledonia naebrains

maybe one of the other reasons then?

ah used to live wiff a beach

Hi,

If you are in a similar situation again, sometime in the future, try to do this to see whether it is not the rear shoes stuck in the rear drums. When engine started release the handbrake and have car slightly reverse, when the back of the car is getting up slightly it means the shoes are indeed stuck in the drums.

I'm not a mechanical person, I was just suggesting. I don't know how it works but it happens to a few of my mates cars with alloys too.

That is what I was talkin about "rear shoes stuck in the rear drums"

markarchie said:

That is what I was talkin about "rear shoes stuck in the rear drums"

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Where ?? (Only seen text about 'alloys' ??)

The make of the rims is of no importance if the shoes are indeed stuck in the drums. If you try to reverse and the back of the car lifts up before the wheels start turning it is indeed this. On the other hand it is possible that the pads get 'rusted' to the discs if the car not driven for a couple of days, but again the make of the rims is of no importance to that. By doing the reverse test you will at least know which pair of brakes are giving the problems.

indeed willo has a good test for this one, another that might help is to leave your gearbox in 1st gear with h/brake orft ,or auto box in park , un keep handbrake off, if it dont happen again then its yer brakes bob marley in [jammin] . . .

The Mad Hat Man said:

sounds like a stuck handbrake to me.

try leaving it in gear instead and see if it is better, Dont forget to depress the clutch prior to starting, unless its an auto - in which case just leave it in park with no handbrake.

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yu bin readin my posts, Minge

common fault with freelanders caused by the cable to shoe linkage sizing strip your brakes free of linkages apply coperslip to linkages re assemble make shure you have plenty of travel on your handbreak to keep things moving ,you can leave them as they are if you wish the downside is when you really need your handbrake and give it a really good pull it will not disengage also if the shoes start to come of with a bang this can cause the shoe retaining pins to snap and fall in to the drums causing damage to the shoes and drums
speaking from experience