Thread: Easy way to clean EPB ?

The first time I adjusted mine on the D3 I took the whole cover off. Once you are familiar with the system it is possible to adjust the shoes by just removing the plug. I would spray a little WD40 on the springs and mechanism once you get the crud out, They tend to be very rusty.

Just to close this thread out, I flushed the EPB with the hose and it did clean out a fair bit of dirt and brake dust. The EPB is nice and quiet now.

In the end, just to get a better look at it, I took the wheels off to access the plug. I thought I'd try it without removing the disc.

With the Compomotives on you probably could pop the plug out- it is a little bit difficult to get purchase on the lip of the plug because of the limited space though.

With something like the pictured right angle on the hose (I thought I might just bend a bit of copper pipe or maybe just connect a smaller diameter hose to the garden hose..), give it a pretty good flush or blow without removing the wheels.

Thanks for all the advice.

David

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Will an O ring pick get the plug out with the GOE wheel fitted do you think????
Andrew

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Will an O ring pick get the plug out with the GOE wheel fitted do you think????
Andrew

Hi Andrew,
I reckon it would but it might take some fiddling. It's not in particularly tight but it has a little bit of depth to it so needs to come out reasonably straight. I was thinking that a forked trim tool something like the one pictured below might do the trick...
David

The only prior EPB problem, in 12 years of ownership, occurred after last lot of new discs were fitted and this was fixed by the service place. The problem, a noise when it is applied) recently returned, but only when low range is engaged.

i have had the wheels off and washed out the assembly with a hose and I have also run a calibration using the IIDtool, that runs ok, but does not resolve the issue. Mainly brake dust came out from the flushing. The plastic plug was not present on either wheel and the Canberra LR spares man said that some owners choose to leave it off, but I have ordered replacements. I did not spray WD40 through the hole (mainly because I had missed that tip), but will do so when I fit the plugs.

Does anyone have any ideas as to why the problem should only manifest itself when low range is engaged? Originally, I thought the problem was fixed, until I realised that it only occurred when in LR, so I did not take further action at the time.