Hi, I'm having rear brake problems on my Kia Carens (53 plate).
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It started with having too much travel on the handbrake lever.
I started looking and subsequently changing the rear brake pads just prior to a MOT as they were pretty low. Thought that would sort the lever travel and provide better breaking. After struggling for some time to work out how to return the piston back into the calliper I finally worked out that it needed to be screwed back in. It was pretty tight to turn and had to use water pump pliers to turn the barrel round and wind in. Not forgetting to line up the dimples horizontally to align with the lug on the back of the brake pad.
All went back together fine, through the MOT with an advisory that the handbrake efficient was only just good enough. Pads bedding in I thought.
Now, some week's later the handbrake travel is still excessive and no self-adjusting of the handbrake seems to have taken place. So, I took the brake apart again and tried to wind out the piston to start the self-adjusting working. However it seems when winding out the piston (it winds out really fast) it has a different thread and I wound it out too far and I lost some brake fluid!
Now I appreciate I'm going to have to bleed the brakes now, can anyone shed any light or have any ideas how to make the handbrake start to self-adjust?
I've looked at the handbrake cable and can find no manual adjustment so it must all happen within the calliper.
Any help or ideas much appreciated.
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It started with having too much travel on the handbrake lever.
I started looking and subsequently changing the rear brake pads just prior to a MOT as they were pretty low. Thought that would sort the lever travel and provide better breaking. After struggling for some time to work out how to return the piston back into the calliper I finally worked out that it needed to be screwed back in. It was pretty tight to turn and had to use water pump pliers to turn the barrel round and wind in. Not forgetting to line up the dimples horizontally to align with the lug on the back of the brake pad.
All went back together fine, through the MOT with an advisory that the handbrake efficient was only just good enough. Pads bedding in I thought.
Now, some week's later the handbrake travel is still excessive and no self-adjusting of the handbrake seems to have taken place. So, I took the brake apart again and tried to wind out the piston to start the self-adjusting working. However it seems when winding out the piston (it winds out really fast) it has a different thread and I wound it out too far and I lost some brake fluid!
Now I appreciate I'm going to have to bleed the brakes now, can anyone shed any light or have any ideas how to make the handbrake start to self-adjust?
I've looked at the handbrake cable and can find no manual adjustment so it must all happen within the calliper.
Any help or ideas much appreciated.