jcasey007
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- Jeep Commander 5.7L HEMI
Hi All
My EX passed the MOT today first time, no advisory items, even the MOT guy said how sweet she ran.
I was concerned about the handbrake but I shouldn't have been, so I thought I would post the results from the rolling road test.
What I did this year (in the summer):
- new rear axle bearings (it elimiated vertical play which wears the handbrake shoes and makes proper adjustment harder (as you have to adjust with the wheels off the ground and with the axle at the bottom of the bearing wear)
- new rear discs and shoes
- Adjusted each side 3 times, pulling the handbreak on between each adjustment so the shoes are centred in the drum. Handbrake handle comes up 6 clicks.
So the results from the MOT.
Hand brake: Left = 178kg , Right 200kg, 1% imbalance, 24% efficiency
The tester said that the results would have been better as the wheels locked up and jumped out of the rollers. - he also said that he would not have seen better on a new car.
Service Brakes : fronts = 300 and 310 Kg, rear = 350 and 360kg, 78% efficiency
again wheels locked up
cheers
Jim
My EX passed the MOT today first time, no advisory items, even the MOT guy said how sweet she ran.
I was concerned about the handbrake but I shouldn't have been, so I thought I would post the results from the rolling road test.
What I did this year (in the summer):
- new rear axle bearings (it elimiated vertical play which wears the handbrake shoes and makes proper adjustment harder (as you have to adjust with the wheels off the ground and with the axle at the bottom of the bearing wear)
- new rear discs and shoes
- Adjusted each side 3 times, pulling the handbreak on between each adjustment so the shoes are centred in the drum. Handbrake handle comes up 6 clicks.
So the results from the MOT.
Hand brake: Left = 178kg , Right 200kg, 1% imbalance, 24% efficiency
The tester said that the results would have been better as the wheels locked up and jumped out of the rollers. - he also said that he would not have seen better on a new car.
Service Brakes : fronts = 300 and 310 Kg, rear = 350 and 360kg, 78% efficiency
again wheels locked up
cheers
Jim