My Terrano Thread.

[don simon]

Would it be worrth having a look at the discs too, especially if the piston was able to pop out?

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

Would it be worrth having a look at the discs too, especially if the piston was able to pop out?

I never thought of that, discs need doing really, I'm going to get a pair and have them grooved, not straight away though!

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

Brakes are sorted, the piston came out of the caliper because it lost a brake pad, maybe the combination of worn discs and the worn out pads let one escape

I did the rear shoes too, the one on the right in this pic actually had loads of meat on it but had started to come away from the metal and I peeled it off.....

 

[Blocky10]

Were the shoes Bosch by any chance?

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

Were the shoes Bosch by any chance?

I didn't think to check :doh if I get chance I'll pull them out of the bin and look :thumbs I'm a lot happier now I have a handbrake and the rear shoes were very easy to do

 

[Blocky10]

Doesn't matter pal. Just curious.
Glad you've sorted it though, before I get in it :lol

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

It has airbags :thumb2

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

Were the shoes Bosch by any chance?

Yep

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

It wasn't completely detatched when I took the drum off but it came easily in my hand

 

[Blocky10]

Jeez. :doh

I'll not be buying Bosch brake shoes again

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

Jeez. :doh

I'll not be buying Bosch brake shoes again

The Blueprint ones I got seemed good quality :thumb2

 

[solarman216]

Have to say I am not a lover of bonded linnings, my BJ car trailer is a nightmare for this, lost count of linnings it has shead, at the last Enfield Pageant of Motoring show last year I bought some riveted linings which I have yet to fit but they will not part company like the shit bonded's do, Rick

 

[Terrano Steve]

I had some one bring me a small plant type trailer where the linings had detached themselves but this was down to heat as he had towed the trailer some distance with the handbrake on fully laden. The plastic grease caps had also melted and all the grease had come out of the bearings.

 

[solarman216]

Surprised he could pull away with the brake on, certainly could not do that with mine unless empty and then it would just drag all the wheels, and would be noticed within the first couple of feet, Rick

 

[Terrano Steve]

Yes I know what you mean but I don't think it was the best maintained trailer before that incident & shall we say the driver isn't any sharper than the brakes.

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

Just a little story of poor maintenance on my part really :doh

On my way to the coast on a Sunday afternoon with the caravan on the back, got on the motor way and noticed the battery warning light was on. Hmmmm I thought, better get off when I can and have a look, then the temp gauge maxed out, b@11@cks I thought and stopped on the hard shoulder with steam coming from under the bonnet

One of the belts had snapped derailing the other (I have no belt for air con) so had no alternator, pas, water pump or fan I drove a couple of miles down the hard shoulder and off the motorway and to a safe place, about five or six miles I reckon, controlling my speed so as to keep the temp down, an impressive 40mph with a caravan on the back kept the needle about halfway :bow:bow

One of the belts was still intact, luckily they are both the same size so I reinststed pas/water pump and cooling fan and headed off to my usual motor factors which opens nearly all day on Sunday and wasn't a million miles away, two new belts fitted on the side of the road and back on the road to Scarborough :clap

I could kick myself for neglecting those belts, they should have been changed months and months ago, I think I got so wrapped up in the big mods that I never thought of the bread and butter stuff like that :doh
I had the correct tools and necessary skill to change them on the roadside and was very lucky it happened not too far from home, I was lucky that the guys had the right belts for me and that they were open, and I'm lucky that I have the incomparable Nissan 2.7tdi under the bonnet :bow:bow:bow
Everything has been fine since, just a tad embarrassing

Thanks for reading :thumb2

 

[jims-terrano]

A lesson for us all there tdoug, good to hear that you got it sorted relatively easily.

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

Let the fun begin, this is Buzzweld zero prep , for the inside of my chassis and new sills :thumb2
I have however steam cleaned the chassis interior 4 or 5 times with a proper steam cleaner atvwork :lol

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

360° nozzle :thumbs