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Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: eddscott on January 04, 2011, 11:47:43 AM

Title: XJ - Brakes locking when first started?
Post by: eddscott on January 04, 2011, 11:47:43 AM: Usually much worse in 2WD but has been doing it last few days in 4WD too. When first started, my XJ locks its rear brakes with only light pressure on the pedal.

It stops after a few uses but its a bit of a pain. Is there any reason for this? Seem to remember my previous XJ did it too.
Title: Re: XJ - Brakes locking when first started?
Post by: tag on January 04, 2011, 01:40:47 PM: Yes i have the same problem, if i don't run it for a couple of days , the slightest touch on the pedal locks the rears but the drums don't bind ok after a mile or so, i've found it's worse after rain! :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: XJ - Brakes locking when first started?
Post by: Bulldog67 on January 04, 2011, 02:22:06 PM: mg does it after i leave it for more than a week, i have to drag it along like a dog cleaning it arse for the first 50m, so will be interested in the answer
Title: Re: XJ - Brakes locking when first started?
Post by: Panic mechanic! on January 04, 2011, 03:49:13 PM: yours is cos the the Mg leaves rust on the discs that takes a few revolutions to clear off BD and being a rover it creates rust faster than the average italian car.
not sure about the cherry's but I had a similar thing that used to happen to mine never found out the problem.
Title: Re: XJ - Brakes locking when first started?
Post by: wildrover on January 04, 2011, 03:49:42 PM: Sounds like rust on the brake drums....?
Title: Re: XJ - Brakes locking when first started?
Post by: eddscott on January 04, 2011, 04:02:19 PM: Quote from: tag on January 04, 2011, 01:40:47 PM
Yes i have the same problem, if i don't run it for a couple of days , the slightest touch on the pedal locks the rears but the drums don't bind ok after a mile or so, i've found it's worse after rain! :icon_rolleyes:

Thats exactly like mine. With fuel going up and my waste line expanding I've been walking alot so the Jeep has stood around a bit. Plus as you says its worse in the rain.
Title: Re: XJ - Brakes locking when first started?
Post by: Bulldog67 on January 04, 2011, 05:43:43 PM: Quote from: Panic mechanic! on January 04, 2011, 03:49:13 PM
yours is cos the the Mg leaves rust on the discs that takes a few revolutions to clear off BD and being a rover it creates rust faster than the average italian car.

rust :017:

bein an owner of spotless and fast appreciatin classics i am unfamiliar with this term :102:
Title: Re: XJ - Brakes locking when first started?
Post by: Mike Pavelin on January 04, 2011, 06:51:27 PM: It's very common, more so on earlier XJs without ABS. Take the drums off, clean out all the crap and adjudt the brakes properly. This will reduce the problem. Later models had revised wheel cylinders and grooved brake shoes to eliminate the problem.
Title: Re: XJ - Brakes locking when first started?
Post by: eddscott on January 04, 2011, 07:38:19 PM: Mines a 99 Orvis.

Will add this to the "to do" list.

While I'm about it, my drivers door interior light/buzzer switch has stopped working - where can I pick one up?
Title: Re: XJ - Brakes locking when first started?
Post by: gazjeep on January 04, 2011, 08:15:54 PM: Get one from the dealers, there cheap enough. Had to replace one on ours as it stuck, shorted & drained the battery :banghead: :banghead: