I'd have done the same
.Now you can move on Den
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| Author: | Dennis [ May 29th, 2020, 10:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: �Noisy Rear Brakes |
Taskos, Sam, Edce: the brakes have been noisy like this since they were professionally relined by the local Citroen garage, who deal frequently with A-series cars. That was about three years ago, but it's a car that doesn't get a lot of mileage, though it is used regularly. Even the old shoes weren't too bad - they showed me out of interest. So I don't think it's that kind of problem. If I take them apart I'm likely to put them back together worse than they are now! And as I said, on the French 2CV site - Forum2Pattes - even people who have meticulously reshaped the shoes and set up the eccentrics have subsequently said it made no difference. I think I'll give the extra metal a try. It can't do much harm. And I'll let you all know, too. |
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| Author: | Dennis [ May 29th, 2020, 10:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: �Noisy Rear Brakes |
And in case it looks as if I'm claiming no-one ever cures it any other way, quite a few people do report that their cure has worked perfectly. |
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| Author: | Taskos [ May 30th, 2020, 9:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: �Noisy Rear Brakes |
By the way, do you also have the symptom of brake pedal to the floor or an initial long pedal stroke followed by short ones? |
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| Author: | Dennis [ May 31st, 2020, 3:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No longer noisy Rear Brakes |
Well, it may be a bodge, but for me at least it was an effective bodge. Not having any 8in nails handy, I used a 20cm length of 8mm reinforcing bar. My welding doesn't seem to be improving much, but I will shortly spray on some black paint to cover it up. This will never look pretty, though. Normal braking is now completely silent. If you jam the brakes on there's a noise, but even that is much less than normal braking produced previously. And I can't help but feel that's OK, as you usually want to sound the horn when you're skidding to a stop. And Taskos, thanks for the concern, but the brakes aren't even a little bit soft/spongy. The fluid was changed when the back brakes were done, and the circuits were bled properly afterwards. |
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| Author: | rob massey55 [ May 31st, 2020, 7:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: �Noisy Rear Brakes |
I'd have done the same .Now you can move on Den .
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| Author: | Dennis [ May 31st, 2020, 9:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: �Noisy Rear Brakes |
rob massey55 wrote: I'd have done the same .Now you can move on Den .Or possibly come (quietly) to a halt. |
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| Author: | rob massey55 [ May 31st, 2020, 9:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: �Noisy Rear Brakes |
Always nice  .
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| Author: | Lenny [ June 6th, 2020, 9:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: �Noisy Rear Brakes |
I did exactly the same and have never heard a peep out of them since. (Crikey, first time I've posted on here for years!) |
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| Author: | Taskos [ June 7th, 2020, 9:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: �Noisy Rear Brakes |
Could you please describe this legendary effective bodge? Seems simple, hasty, effective... pure 2CV. |
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| Author: | Lenny [ June 7th, 2020, 10:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: �Noisy Rear Brakes |
I welded a length of steel bar (about 8mm thick and 5 inches long at a guess) from the front edge of the back plate to the suspension arm. I'd post a photo but the great British summer has arrived and it's slashing it down out there. |
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