• Are they discs all round or drums in the rear?

    Changing disc pads is something you'd definitely be able to do, drums are a bit more involved but easy enough still. How's the pedal feel? Is it at all spongy as it may be time for a bleed or fluid change.

    I get pretty paranoid about brakes these days because when I was in NZ I had a total brake failure and put my little 4x4 corolla through a fence and then ended up on a sandy beach!

  • I get pretty paranoid about brakes these days because when I was in NZ I had a total brake failure and put my little 4x4 corolla through a fence and then ended up on a sandy beach!

    Crikey. Could you pull the handbrake for a save in that situation? Handbrakes are often cable operated are they not?

  • Not really, I was breaking hard going into a corner after coming down a pretty steep hill descent and the piston in one of the rear drums popped out causing total loss of pressure. Nek minnit... on beach.

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