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I've just bought a 1983 924 Lux, which is proving to be a bit of giggle, but the brakes could definitely do with some adjustment. The pedal is soft initially, then starts to bite, but still continues to travel further than you expect with no real feel and not much power. It will lock at least some of the wheels (pulls straight) but only once you've pushed the pedal right down and I wonder if it's maybe only locking one diagonal circuit.
The car had stood for a few weeks when I test drove it, so I'd hoped the odd pedal feel was just a bit of surface rust on the discs, but I've driven to work for the past couple of mornings and it's still doing it.
I've been told elsewhere that the first thing to do is to adjust them (apparently a job that needs doing manually every 2 years), but I can't find any details on how to do this. Can someone explain?
The car had stood for a few weeks when I test drove it, so I'd hoped the odd pedal feel was just a bit of surface rust on the discs, but I've driven to work for the past couple of mornings and it's still doing it.
I've been told elsewhere that the first thing to do is to adjust them (apparently a job that needs doing manually every 2 years), but I can't find any details on how to do this. Can someone explain?
It's a pretty old car so I'd give the braking components a good inspection all over and also some fresh fluid. My 83 944 had corroded brake lines, squishy flexi hoses and dead seals. After replacing all of those it has great feel through the pedal and brakes nice and hard.
I'm not too familiar with 924 brakes so don't know how much they share but I'd definitely give everything a good once over, especially the flexis.
I'm not too familiar with 924 brakes so don't know how much they share but I'd definitely give everything a good once over, especially the flexis.
Ah-ha. Apparently there are pair of star adjusters (one for each shoe) behind rubber bungs on the baclk plate of each brake drum. Don't remember that on my 924S, presumably that had the 944 setup on it.
Although the structure is clean there's a fair bit of surface rust on the back plates and I think the fluid will need doing as a minimum, so I might just book it into a local garage and tell them to crack on.
Can anyone recommend any affordable 924-savvy garages in North London or South Herts?
Although the structure is clean there's a fair bit of surface rust on the back plates and I think the fluid will need doing as a minimum, so I might just book it into a local garage and tell them to crack on.
Can anyone recommend any affordable 924-savvy garages in North London or South Herts?
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