Rear brakes

[colin mee]

Thinking of stripping the rear brakes down.looking on the bad side what are the rear discs off am I right in thinking E type jag. But what are the callipers off.colin

[mrzigazaga]

Hi Colin


The rear axle and callipers are XJS/6

[colin mee]

Thank you.feel like I have not stopped doing jobs on her.and getting nowhere

[Yatesy350i]

Colin

Best of luck with that mate. The rear brakes are a hateful job. Had that pleasure on 3 cars now. Hope you get it all sorted for the BBWF.

ATB

Karl.

[colin mee]

Hi Karl. Can't make it this year.wife's 40th birthday that's why I am on all the
big job.

Edited by colin mee on Friday 9th June 08:32

[rev-erend]

My rear brakes were recently seized.

I did spend plenty of time reading Ian's excellent pages but in the end just popped out the pads and levered the pistons to free them up.

http://www.wedgeneering.co.uk/TVR%20390SE%20p11.ht...

[colin mee]

Great advise thank you. Hope to be ok for chatsworth this year if no other jobs pop up

[colin mee]

Is it easter to take the rear subframe off to do the rear brakes and handbrake

[rev-erend]

Scraped knuckle time.

Sorry never removed them so no idea.

[mrzigazaga]

colin mee said:

Is it easter to take the rear subframe off to do the rear brakes and handbrake

Hi Colin.


If you were just replacing pads then no but if you are replacing calipers then yes, However I'm not sure how easy or difficult this job is..

The diff is a heavy lump...And if you are going to this length then replace the discs and the handbrake pads...Also check the diff mounts which are the same as the trailing pin mounts....

Hope you sort it...


Ziga

[colin mee]

The problem l have is one rear wheel spins fine.when near side is stiff for about 2 inches then speeds fine.pads look fine and handbrake looks ok.and I do not have a LSD.HELP! !!!!

[mrzigazaga]

Are your rear wheel bearings okay?

[colin mee]

No noise from them or moment

[SEvans]

Have you tried jacking up the hubs slightly so the suspension isn't on full droop. I've noticed on mine that the UJ's can go tight then free off at this acute angle. Cheers Steve

[colin mee]

Good point. I will check tonight.

[Rockettvr]

Had a similar issue on my old 280
Couldn't get brakes adjusted properly - was a warped brake disc causing a tight spot at a certain point on its rotation . New discs solved it

[colin mee]

Sounds expensive

[Rockettvr]

I'll see I I can find the old invoice but I was surprised - genuine brembo discs for £40 ish if memory serves

[colin mee]

That would be great if you could and the supplier too if you don't mind

Edited by colin mee on Sunday 18th June 23:23

[Grady]

Actually the rear pads and calipers are (relatively) easy to change out on ramps alone with a creeper. A good magnetic light and mirror is very helpful. If you use ramps, you will need to jack each hub up a bit to adjust the e-brakes.

Never tried the calipers though I've I think I have read they can be changed w/o dropping the rear cage. Grady