Thread: Handbrake wear

I remember reading in Overlander magazine - they had a series about a couple of Greeks whoo drove around the world in a D3 - that the EPB was particularly susceptible to dust ingress. I can't remember whether the EPB jammed or wouldn't engage as a result of this, but from what I remeber it was a relatively straightforward fix in the field so to speak - I would be very interested to learn how they did it....

Keen to hear about their EPB fix... my D3 has started the LOUD groan on occassional stoppage of said vehicle in the driveway etc... local LR gurus tell me that is the beginning of the end for it and it's a $1300 fix up.
Now that along with the serious auto service issues and the front end rebuild reqd amongst other stuff and the old D2 300TDi is starting to look pretty good again... but dang if the D3 isn't a beast!

Cheers.

the EPB was particularly susceptible to dust ingress. I can't remember whether the EPB jammed or wouldn't engage as a result of this, but from what I remeber it was a relatively straightforward fix in the field so to speak - I would be very interested to learn how they did it....

I have done a lot of gravel since new and after having the EPB put the vehicle into limp mode and lower in middle of nowhere with no fault as such displayed on the dash, my car lowered because the electronics thought the shoes were out of adjustment ! (caused from the red dust collected in there). The Service Manager recommended getting an air nozzle in there to blow out the dust regular to prevent it happening again. I have not had the fault again after doing this as he said. Don't do it inside your clean shed, it does collect a lot.