Thread: Leaking brakes oh no....

Ladas, pdf opened just fine on the windows Machine, (I was on an older mac before) thanks very much for it, doesn't look too muchlike hard work after all.

JD Rave is rather odd, I'd call it a workshop manual myself.....

Now to the prob: Appears to be leaking from under the resorvoir as the the metal shaft is bubbling under the rear section, and the rubber grommets look to be perishing...

Thanks guys will report on my findings. Appreciate the pdf Ladas.

Then there's the next job, the bloody steering box is leaking again, grrrrr..
Think I'll name my Disco, Leaky (after the famous Land Rover driver Louis Leaky, LOL)

GQ

Originally Posted by ladas

Sorry, I don't sell bits, but you can contact british 4wd - link above - I get most of my bits from them.

I am not sure if the reservoir seals are in the kit or available seperately.

If it's just the seals you need might be easy/cheap enough to get them from a local LR dealer.

Were you able to open the pdf

.................however after saying this, if you have to remove it/drain it etc., might be the right time to replace all the seals/rubbers

it should be a dual master cylnder, a generic kit should cost you about $40ish and its simply a case of grabbing the vernier measuring the parts to get the right kit then as you pull the seals off replace them with the seals that look the same in the kit...

if its leaking between the cylnder and booster youve done the rear secondary seal. be prepared to give the piston or the cylnder a very very gental lapping to get the crud out.. I usually use some grit 2400 jewelers paper on a honing stick followed by a quick lap with some brake fluid and news paper on a stick with a cordless drill.

depending on how good you are with the verniers the generic max acceptable piston to cylnder clearance is .3mm normal nominal is sub .05mm

best of luck to ya and if you have any doubt take it to the pros.

Just buy a seal kit from your local brake joint, should be around 80 bucks and unfortunetly you can't be the seals alone, you then lever of the resevoir and replace the 2 seals between it and the master cylinder, replace the resevoir.

To get tricky and save time you can reverse bleed the system by simply pushing the pistons in on the front brake calipers making sure that fluid appears in both parts of the resevoir and the n top up......remember to push the brake peddle a few times while the car is stationary to reseat the pads otherwise you'll get a real nasty suprise!

Check fluid again and your done....easy!

I thank you all for your help. my first jobbie will be to replace the rubber grommets that seat the reservoir and if I don't have to go any further i won't, but i take on board about doing a general service on the whole system. Once i stop the leak i'll be happy.

This prob is not the big worry, the leaking steering box is the one that concerns me $$$ wise.

I'm going to start the ball rolling on this in about five minutes, ahhh brake fluid for breakfast!

Back soon.

Cheers, GQ

$145 for a kit (genuine) which includes, he says: "about 9 parts including the reservior, the rest is rubber things, like seals."

That was the dealer in Casino. Crikey! He also said that the not genuine was $115 and probably a bit sus. Amazing what one can glean from a parts catalogue. Has to get it from Brisbane. Hmmmm.....

I need one little rubber boot and they want $145 for it, haha.

But it looks like I'm going to do the lot like it or otherwise.

Cheers, GQ

Cheap insurance imho, GQ. After all you are trying to stop 2 Tonnes or more with a trailer in tow. Can you afford not to do a good job?

You're quite right 4bee, and i do good jobs. I just don't like being done like a dogs dinner...I'll get the bits from british and save my $$$, need 'em for the fix on the steering. Thanks for the RAVE explanation, should've known being a Mac person LOL...

GQ