Citroen ZX brake problems... PLEASE HELP!!
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Hello everyone, Im hoping someone on here will be able to offer some help or advice....
I have had a Citroen zx 1.9D for nearly a year now, good car bought for a good price and all is well except the brakes........
When bought the brakes were in a terrible state, creaky callipers, no pedal, no brakes! Im no slouch when it comes to looking after my cars (other car is a mk1 mr2) so I have systematic done everything I can think of to sort the brakes out;
REAR;
new shoes
new wheel cylinders
new lines
took the lip off the drum and adjusted correctly (this includes the handbrake which is spot on and works well)
FRONT;
new calipers (GSF recons, which incidentally are very bad quality!!)
new pads and discs (they are non-vented)
new flexi's
new MC
also bled the system what seems like a million times both manually and with a pressure system, with pedal up, pedal held down and a combination of both.
The problem is that despite all this the brakes are still poor, the callipers bind and drag all the time, braking is poor and i still have a lot of travel, I have been steadily adjusting the push rod which is helping the pedal travel but obviously not the braking which is consitantly poor
I'm wondering if anyone has had any look sorting out ZX brakes or if anyone knows if any other PSA front brakes are interchangeable, preferably vented
hoping someone has the magic bullet for this one as i'm getting to the end of my tether with what is accentually a nice little run about
thanks PHers :-)
Jamie
I have had a Citroen zx 1.9D for nearly a year now, good car bought for a good price and all is well except the brakes........
When bought the brakes were in a terrible state, creaky callipers, no pedal, no brakes! Im no slouch when it comes to looking after my cars (other car is a mk1 mr2) so I have systematic done everything I can think of to sort the brakes out;
REAR;
new shoes
new wheel cylinders
new lines
took the lip off the drum and adjusted correctly (this includes the handbrake which is spot on and works well)
FRONT;
new calipers (GSF recons, which incidentally are very bad quality!!)
new pads and discs (they are non-vented)
new flexi's
new MC
also bled the system what seems like a million times both manually and with a pressure system, with pedal up, pedal held down and a combination of both.
The problem is that despite all this the brakes are still poor, the callipers bind and drag all the time, braking is poor and i still have a lot of travel, I have been steadily adjusting the push rod which is helping the pedal travel but obviously not the braking which is consitantly poor
I'm wondering if anyone has had any look sorting out ZX brakes or if anyone knows if any other PSA front brakes are interchangeable, preferably vented
hoping someone has the magic bullet for this one as i'm getting to the end of my tether with what is accentually a nice little run about
thanks PHers :-)
Jamie
HI thanks everyone for the replies...
After fitting the new master cylinder I have been adjusting the push rod and this is helping bring back the pedal. been doing this a bit at a time to make sure it doesn't lock the whole lot up. even so the brakes are still rubbish and I think i will go for the HDi callipers they seem readily available on the bay for reasonable money and hopefully then they wont crap out as soon as i look at them :-)
thanks all for your help
Jamie
After fitting the new master cylinder I have been adjusting the push rod and this is helping bring back the pedal. been doing this a bit at a time to make sure it doesn't lock the whole lot up. even so the brakes are still rubbish and I think i will go for the HDi callipers they seem readily available on the bay for reasonable money and hopefully then they wont crap out as soon as i look at them :-)
thanks all for your help
Jamie
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