C5 serious suspension fault

[Harlequin]

https://goo.gl/photos/j2hes55bnY7e1aze9

hopefully that works!

[GiveMeABreak]

Yep got that, has to be your choice though I'd still stick to the original Total stuff for my car.

[Stickyfinger]

Me as well, at the price of LDS I see no reason to look beyond the use anything other that that (or the DA)

[Paul-R]

^^^ Plus 1 for that. Nothing written on the back would convince me to use it. It covers just too many specifications for my liking.

[Harlequin]

well - it fixed the suspension for its mot , and once passed it will have a flush and new lovely LDS (its black in there!)

but it failed on rear brakes little or no effort and front parking brake little or no effort

bugger

[Paul-R]

Did they give you any idea of what might be wrong with the brakes? My first thought is that the discs are rusted and have too little contact area. A quick visual inspection would quickly prove or disprove that conjecture.

[Harlequin]

I was watching the meter - very little braking force when he pushed them.
and both front and rear disks look rusty

I have a feeling , since I was laid up December 2015 , the brakes might be seizing

[Stickyfinger]

Again, MOT man fails to understand the rear brakes of a Citroen....dump a load of weight in the back next time to load the rear. 6 bags of sand or some concrete slabs next time.

That or the classic caliper angle/corrosion. Inspect the pads (look) are they worn at an angle ?

[Harlequin]

actually I think he knows them quite well , as he removed the LDS cap before I even mentioned it....

parking brake worked on nearside , just not offside.

I *think* I`ll take the wheels off tomorrow and check , but when I had the front NS tyre done (for its ticket) , the caliper looked rusty , as if it had been stood for a while.

[lexi]

I freed off my parking brake by wiggling the pivot and judicious use of plus gas. It was one side as well. I hope your rear brakes and discs are not like mine were. PO had filed the heads of caliper bolts to stop wheel snagging. Seized bolts...............with no heads

[Harlequin]

are the bolts supposed to crack when they turn.....

[Stickyfinger]

Front Caliper bolts ?.....a "crack sound".....they often do.

[Harlequin]

rear calliper bolts - liberal use of penetrating oil and as they turn they are cracking.... not breaking but a crack as they go. very slowly!

[Stickyfinger]

Sounds normal to me......the threads will be dry. I will often do a half turn back to help clear the threads on such bolts when they are very dry.

[Harlequin]

moving a lot better now with the oil on them - got 2 days of presentations next so better chance after friday