Well this is what was wrong with my brakes which I assumed were binding after sitting around for 8 months. They weren't binding after all. The noise was coming from these which were loose inside the handbrake drum part of the disc. They had rusted & come adrift of the backing plate. My mechanic spoke to Kim Collins & he said this is common and he sometimes just leaves them off rather than replace new backing plates @ £90 each.
The handbrake shoe retaining springs were also loose & rattling around inside there. So it's only cost me £10 in the end for the shoe springs. The discs, pads & shoes had only just been renewed.
Does anybody know what these bits are supposed to do though ? The handbrake does work OKish without them.
The handbrake shoe retaining springs were also loose & rattling around inside there. So it's only cost me £10 in the end for the shoe springs. The discs, pads & shoes had only just been renewed.
Does anybody know what these bits are supposed to do though ? The handbrake does work OKish without them.
