Failed Brakes

[1310]

can anyone throw some light on this problem please please.....car went throu mot no probs....than a couble of weeks later heard back bracks grindindinding.....before i got it to a garage the brake pedal has gone to the floor and the hand brake has become useless any ideas.....please

 

regards mx

[Guest neil_wiles]

1310

 

Fisrt it would be useful to know what vehicle you are refering to.

 

If you add your details into the signature then we will be able to help although I think if its a galaxy MK1 then the problem is almost certainly going to be the master cylinder failed, normally following a change of pads during a service where the fluid has been forced back from the piston to the master cylinder. This reverses the seal lips and effectively causes mas brake failure.

[familyman]

The failed handbrake might suggest a caliper problem ,as for the seals in the master cylinder , i thought that no brake fluid was pushed back into the cylinder due to the abs system?(clamp on flexible hose-open bleed nipple-wind in piston-fit new pads-top up system?) might be wrong on that one though!

[Charliemuttley]

If your rear pads have gone (grinding noise) then your hand brake wouldn't work anyway.

Try pumping brakes and see if the pedal holds pressure- if it holds then just a caliper/pad problem. If it doesn't then it is a master cylinder problem.