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Nissan jeep brakes stuck!

  • 18-11-2011 12:22am
    #1
    Mr.Success
    Closed Accounts Posts: 161 ✭✭


    I have an old 96 nissan terrano, a while back the handbrake stopped working (it was just slack when you pulled it, there was no click) Now i think the brakes are stuck on it because if you let it roll on a hill it seems to stop itself fairly quickly. Is there any way i could fix it at the house as its only used for farming and it isnt worth paying a mechanic to look at it.


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  • #2
    Mr.Success
    Closed Accounts Posts: 161 ✭✭Mr.Success


    Come on people


  • #3
    Bodhan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,011 ✭✭✭Bodhan


    Mr.Success wrote: »
    I have an old 96 nissan terrano, a while back the handbrake stopped working (it was just slack when you pulled it, there was no click) Now i think the brakes are stuck on it because if you let it roll on a hill it seems to stop itself fairly quickly. Is there any way i could fix it at the house as its only used for farming and it isnt worth paying a mechanic to look at it.

    Well if the handbrake is broken there is already something for a mechanic to look at. Braking systems in cars are a huge safety matter and should only be looked at by a qualified person.
    If you think there's something wrong with the brakes then you should have it looked at or scrap the car.
    It depends on how much work is needed on the brakes before there can be a price for fixing anything. Ask for a quote.


  • #4
    valamhic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26 ✭valamhic


    Not sure how the years go with models, but I can tell you about the 2003 Terrano, its not a terrano 2. There is a serious problem with the back brakes. They are hub and shoe types. They are self adjusting using a very complex tricky lever arm turning a ratchet screwing the tread outward. The design is intended that the adjuster only works when the lining of the shoes wears down.

    However these brakes give a lot of trouble. They adjust out even when the shoes are tight fitting and not in need of adjustment. In a serious case, it screws the tread out hard against the hub and eventually it will lock the shoes against the hup. This will place pressure on the transmission and can wear the clutch and damage the differential and gearbox if not detected.

    It is next to impossible to balance the backbrakes for the MOT test. But if done immediately before the test it can get through. In some cases the shoes will wear a channel in the inside hub and prevent the hub coming off. Brute force is all there is then. This will damage the interior.

    I woud think the only way to go is to cut the arm off the adjuster altogether, and adjust the brake yourself with a screwdriver ocassionally.

    Shoe brakes are never as good as discs, but generally they work ok and were the only system unitl about 1980. But the ones on this jeep cause grief and loads of grief. A qualified machanic only fixes the problem for a while, it will come back again. Pity, because the engine and gearbox are very good and these are good old workhorses.


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