Front Brakes Locking On

[Craigb 2]

I navigated on The preston Road Rally on staurday night , and the 205 I was in had a problem I have never experienced before .

 

The front brakes kept locking on. We would get to the startline , and go to set off and would have to drag the car against the brakes.

 

anyone ever had this issue , I am thinking master cylinder or the rod to the servo alignment ?

 

The clouds of smoke and the glow of orange discs impressed some of the marshalls though .

 

Still finished 3rd O/A which wasn't too bad !!

[welshpug 1,657]

both sides?

 

the servo rod would be the only thing I can think of if it is both sides that are binding, apart from brake hose problems.

 

I've seen 2 twisted brake hoses cause it on both sides of an Escort that had had its pads replaced a few months before, the problem didn't rear its head until the MOT as the brakes had never been depressed particularly hard until then

[Spiky 37]

i agree, i would say it's the rod length if all the brakes were locking on

[McDude 33]

Or a Master Cylinder failure - I had this problem after fitting a pattern MC. It went away when I fitted the Bendix part.

[Tom Fenton 1,541]

The cause will be the master cylinder not returning properly which in turn opens a port which allows pressure in the lines to the calipers to release back to the fluid header tank.

 

As others have said, the cause will either be the pushrod incorrectly adjusted, pedal seized/stiff and so not returning, or the master cylinder is on its way out.

[Craigb 2]

Cheers Chaps .

 

Confirmed some of my thoughts , and a few extra ones

 

Craig

[M@tt 77]

i had this on my 205 after fitting differnet master cylinder.

 

Once the brakes and fluid had warmed up the brakes were binding. A few quarter turns on the end of the nut on the servo pushrod sorted it out

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

Agree with what they say too, it is the only logical thing apart from concrete being tippedin your brake fluid reservoir by another competitior!