Electric park brake info please...

[justinc]

Can anyone shed more light on the electric park brake issues with these? I have an intermittent problem with one not releasing everynow and then. Also squeals its head off when applied sometimes. I realise adjustment plays a big part, but is there any other things I need to take a look at?
Getting info about this is so far very difficult:(

Thanks,

JC

[Timj]

Hi Justin,

There is a lot of info about these on Disco3.co.uk. There are a lot of people with issues. I think that adjustment is critical, cleaning is critical and I believe the cables can stretch to the point where adjustment is not possible anymore.

I have not had a single issue yet though (touch wood).

TimJ.

[WhiteD3]

Mine's been doing that for 2 weeks. Screeching, refusing to disengage and showing a brake fault. Was full of Crystal Crk mud :Dwhich was cleaned out during a service this week. All good now.

[Scouse]

Electric parking brake issues?
Never heard of them.

[TDV6]

Cleaned and adjusted mine a month ago, no problems since, trundlebus was a head turner when EPB was applied before adjustments to rear brakes.

HTH,

Ryall

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[garryc]

Mine's been doing that for 2 weeks. Screeching, refusing to disengage and showing a brake fault. Was full of Crystal Crk mud :Dwhich was cleaned out during a service this week. All good now.

Done mine twice now :( once with sand where it locked the brake on, reversed a few times which unjammed it and then did the rest of the trip trying to remember not to apply the park brake. Second time a week after some trails with some mud crossings. That time it did not jam on but gave the screeching. :o Getting good at removing discs, cleaning and adjusting with that strange adjusting procedure :D

[garryc]

Just remembered, one of the guys in the club with a RRsport said on dusty roads he gets the EPB light flashing :o He cleans the EPB area with a pressure sprayer and that fixes the problem. Might try that the next time on mine :) I'm sure there will be a next time :mad::mad:

[justinc]

Thankyou everyone for the responses. Today I removed disc rotors etc and cleaned and adjusted the shoes. The difference is amazing, it is now silent and engages/disengages almost imediately.
:):):)


JC