Question to Avan pop top owners
Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 05, 2015 at 21:13
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ferrarofilms
It looks like my Sportliner 2001 needs servicing the brakes, worn out or crystalized pads.
Can it be done in any car
shop?
Do I need to buy the bands first? Where?
Live in 4122
Thanks
Reply By: Gronk - Wednesday, Aug 05, 2015 at 22:27
Wednesday, Aug 05, 2015 at 22:27
Crystalized pads...that's a new one....
Yeh, any mechanic can do the job...
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Follow Up By: ferrarofilms - Thursday, Aug 06, 2015 at 05:16
Thursday, Aug 06, 2015 at 05:16
Cars of that era overseas suffered a lot from this "illness", non-ABS brakes lead many times to overheating and as a consequence the "soft" material of the brakes suffered, leading to hardening of the bands-pads, starting to not brake
well, making friction sounds and scratching the drums-disks. Had a Jeep Wagoneer and a Chevy Malibu with that. That is what mechanics called Crystallization, rearrangement of the crystal structure of the pads leading to hardening, a common process in Physical Metallurgy.
Of course a camper does not brake a lot but being electrical-mechanical brakes they apply a constant pressure, different to hydraulic brakes and since I am the 3rd or 4th owner of the Avan I can not know its early history.
Thanks anyway for the advise.
http://www.goldenrulebrake.com/index.php//home/brakes/
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Follow Up By: Nomadic Navara - Thursday, Aug 06, 2015 at 08:44
Thursday, Aug 06, 2015 at 08:44
Forget all that high tech crap. Avan brakes are just simple old style brakes. I have only seen drum brakes on them, was yours a special build?
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Reply By: Nomadic Navara - Thursday, Aug 06, 2015 at 08:41
Reply By: Rangiephil - Thursday, Aug 06, 2015 at 09:15
Thursday, Aug 06, 2015 at 09:15
Just be prepared for a bit of expense as it will probably need new magnets and maybe backing plates and possibly drums, because of the way that electric brakes operate, if you have done considerable Kilometers, especially with some on dirt roads.
Regards Philip A
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Follow Up By: Gronk - Thursday, Aug 06, 2015 at 11:06
Thursday, Aug 06, 2015 at 11:06
Only reason you would change backing plate is it's usually not much dearer than replacing the shoes.
Magnets maybe, but on a little Avan, I'd be very surprised if the drums needed replacing.
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Follow Up By: ferrarofilms - Thursday, Aug 06, 2015 at 11:12
Thursday, Aug 06, 2015 at 11:12
Thanks to all, I'll bring it to service next week.
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