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| Bluericky Member Since: 26 Jun 2014 Location: Cornwall Posts: 647   
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I thought I’d touch base as a thread without an ending can be very frustrating .
Highlanes garage had the defender for 6 weeks , it was a bit of a nightmare and involved constant chasing to get answers out of them . Apparently they swapped out the drivetrain with their own 110 to try and eliminate the problem , I have my suspicions that they didn’t as various nuts and bolts were still covered in mud from the farm and clearly hadn’t seen a spanner for weeks ! According to them it made no difference. Anyway it came back apparently fixed , a clicking rear brake had also had a new calliper fitted, they put the vibrations down to this . After a 100 mile round trip the symptoms all reappeared as did the clicking brake pads. Two days ago I overhauled the rear corner in question, eliminating new pads, disc and calliper. Replaced hub and stub axle instead, with new bearings and clicking has stopped again ... phew Vibrations/reverberating are still present however and the smell of something hot is evident , particularly after booting it up a long hill . Sump is pretty hot to touch after, as I would expect, gearbox though is very hot and I can’t hold my hand on it for anymore than 3-4 seconds ( I don’t have asbestos hands). Brakes discs on all 4 are very hot even having purposely not used them for a mile , wheels are not though , probably normal. Also quite a bit of resistance from steering wheel when try to turn whilst accelerating ! Plus on hard lock in either direction and at slow speeds I get a tiny bit of brake squeal Tell me if I’m off track but does this sound like a brake master cylinder ? https://www.instagram.com/hustynminepark/ |
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28th Apr 2020 6:05pm |
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| Bluericky Member Since: 26 Jun 2014 Location: Cornwall Posts: 647
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Ha ha , thanks Clayton
I know that they're a popular indy but I have a feeling that most of their work is fairly straightforward . This was just a bit too much bother for them and they thought they could get away with a quick fix , how wrong they were ! Well if anyone knows about master cylinder failure symptoms I'd love to know more? https://www.instagram.com/hustynminepark/ |
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28th Apr 2020 8:41pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10733 
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Yep sounds like they don't like to think outside the box
Hope you get an answer to your question  1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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28th Apr 2020 9:02pm |
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| Dobby Member Since: 23 May 2012 Location: East Seaxe Posts: 187 |
If your master cylinder is failing you’ll have a much heavier brake pedal over times
Have you tried strapping a GoPro to the underneath in various different location to see if you isolate the sound on video as you drive? |
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5th May 2020 9:49pm |
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