Xantia 1.9 TD Tempt 2 registered 01 1998.
Depressurising to change rear discs. The Haynes manual 93 to 98 (K to S reg) talks of early and late models, without and with "Hydractive", suspension circuit isolator valve. I believe mine is the 'later' model. Could someone please confirm this or otherwise. Thanks.
Rear Disc require change
Moderator: RichardW
Rear Disc require change
Malcolm
'98 Xantia Estate LX - RIP 13/08/16
'08 Renault Trafic 115dci
'98 Xantia Estate LX - RIP 13/08/16
'08 Renault Trafic 115dci
Sounds like another one of Haynes idiot explanations - now you know why it's called the book of lies (BOL)! There is absolutely no need to depressurised the hydraulic system to do your brake work - in fact it might even make it more difficult. Just make sure you support the car properly and don't crawl about under it!
//NiSk
//NiSk
You should have no problems. Mine is a Temp2, albeit a year earlier. Remove the pads and then reinsert the bolt holding the caliper sides together. The caliper can then be unbolted and swung aside. I had to belt the living daylights out of my disks to free them. Take care to clean up the caliper mating face and consider putting something between the caliper and arm to stop the corrosion that occurs there. Initially I put a layer of Hermitite when I had leaning caliper syndrome; but later, when I had to replace the disks, I used a piece of thickish plastic sheet. The Hermitite was still there but I didn't think it was enough of a barrier.
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