c5 front wheel smoking
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c5 front wheel smoking
Hi c5 hdi 2.2 exclusive 2002,just bin out in it and the front passerger wheel is red hot disc and pads seem ok,any thoughts any one thanks Rob
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You could try patches?
More seriously, is the handbrake actuation lever on the caliper, free? With the handbrake off, you should be able to move the actuator with your fingers readily (not far) and have it return under mild spring pressure to a consistent position.
C5s seem to get corrosion inside the handbrake cable guide tubes (even in Australia!) that will affect cable return when the handbrake is released.
More seriously, is the handbrake actuation lever on the caliper, free? With the handbrake off, you should be able to move the actuator with your fingers readily (not far) and have it return under mild spring pressure to a consistent position.
C5s seem to get corrosion inside the handbrake cable guide tubes (even in Australia!) that will affect cable return when the handbrake is released.
Re: c5 front wheel smoking
Thanks for quick reply, just took wheel of again and the little lever seems to stick with the cable off it
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Re: c5 front wheel smoking
Had this problem a few months back and did get the lever moving but last week brake started sticking again so had a new calliper in the end for £53+vat trade.
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C5 2.2HDi Exclusive 2003 manual (now gone).
2009 Renault Megane, the misses drive.
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ok will try motor factors tomorrow see if they can match that price,
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Got that price as I work at a garage. good luck fixing.
Volvo S80 D5.........
C5 2.2HDi Exclusive 2003 manual (now gone).
2009 Renault Megane, the misses drive.
Had a 1988 BX 19TRS Auto many moons ago.
Forgive any spelling mistakes, it's the phone not me.
C5 2.2HDi Exclusive 2003 manual (now gone).
2009 Renault Megane, the misses drive.
Had a 1988 BX 19TRS Auto many moons ago.
Forgive any spelling mistakes, it's the phone not me.
Re: c5 front wheel smoking
the cables seem ok its the lever on the caliper sticking
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Re: c5 front wheel smoking
Chris (citroenmad) has a post here somewhere where he was able to recover operations on a caliper with similar symptoms to yours but eventually had to replace it.
I had to replace a calliper on my previous C5 for the same reasons last winter.
I had to replace a calliper on my previous C5 for the same reasons last winter.
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new caliper fitted, on checking brake fluid noticed a broken plastic rod next to the head?
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Re: c5 front wheel smoking
Yes, once they get corrosion inside they seem to be unrecoverable. They can last a while but usually the problem of the sticking handbrake lever returns.myglaren wrote:Chris (citroenmad) has a post here somewhere where he was able to recover operations on a caliper with similar symptoms to yours but eventually had to replace it.
I had to replace a calliper on my previous C5 for the same reasons last winter.
DO you have a picture of the broken plastic rod?
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it keeps saying image invalid when I try to upload
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What's the image and where are you trying to put it?Robert12 wrote:it keeps saying image invalid when I try to upload
Email it to me - button under my username, and I'll bung it in for you.
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Have emailed some pics to citroenmad thanks anyway
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Re: c5 front wheel smoking
OK, no problem.