SYMPTOM | PROBLEM | CURE |
Poor Braking
| Brake shoes worn or maladjsuted
| Replace or adjust Brake shoe/ pads |
oil on linning
| Replace brake linning. Oil can come onlining only when the brake cylinder washers are leak. |
Linning not to manufacturers's specification |
Replac e brake linning as per the manufacturers's specs. |
Scored drum or disc |
Have drums / or discs machined or reeplace if under size |
Shoes/pads incorrectly alligned |
Replace brake shoe/pads |
Brakes neeed pumpings
| Master cylinder rubber seals worn or damages.
| Replace and bleed the barke sytem |
Brake padel springy
| Air in system
| bleed the brake system |
News linning bedding in
| Fault should cure itself. linning will make its own position with time and usage |
Brake drums distorting |
Have drums machined or replace |
Unbalanced Braking
| Brake needs adjustment
| Adjust barake as per manual or take it to mechanic |
Linning uneven worn
| Check and replace as necessary |
oil on one or more linning |
Replace brake linning and check the oil leak cause |
Dirt in drums |
Blow out brake gear |
Scored or dietorted drums or discs |
Have drums or discs machined or replaced |
Springs loose |
Replace springs |
Brake backplate loose |
Retighten |
Linning not all of the szme type. |
Check and replace as necesary |
brakes binding check adjustment first,then check for seized
wheel cylinders. replace if seized
| swollen rubber parts in master or wheel cylinder
| Strip and replace rubber parts |
Kinked pipelines
| Replace only the faulty one |
Poor adjustment |
Readjust |
Brake Squeak
| Dust or grease on linning/Pads
| Dust out or replace linnings/pads |
Linnings misaligned or requiring "chamfering" to bed in
| Check n alignment , bed in linning to manufacturer's instructions. |
Linnings worn down to rivert or metal backing( disc pads) |
Replace Disc Pads |