Brakes

[myke]

I have read in the past of critiscism of the Berlingos braking system. I have an 04 1.9 Forte and feel that the braking feel is not consistent. At times it feels when I am braking that the brakes are not working quite as effectively and I have to push the peddle harder, a bit off-putting when you are in traffic. Has anyone else experienced this?

[tronboy]

In all honesty, yes the brakes can be worrying at times. Non ABS early shape cars have better brakes in my experience.

[DaveWeller]

Are your brakes binding? The Lucas pads can stick in the carrier, mine needed filing down to work properly. A simple DIY job.

Regards

Dave

[tronboy]

Not sure. They've always been crap. Do you mean binding in the 'off' position, ie not pushing hard enough onto the discs?

 

I'll get them checked.

 

Cheers!

 

TronX

[myke]

I know that both the front and back brakes had a tendency to squeaI. I removed the front pads, cleaned them up and applied copper slip to the back of the pads. Improved them a bit but I havnt done the back shoes yet. Interested in the comment about the front pads binding in the off position. Perhaps working them in and out with some WD40 around the piston may help? I shall try when I have a mo.

[ctj123]

I have read in the past of critiscism of the Berlingos braking system. I have an 04 1.9 Forte and feel that the braking feel is not consistent. At times it feels when I am braking that the brakes are not working quite as effectively and I have to push the peddle harder, a bit off-putting when you are in traffic. Has anyone else experienced this?

The brakes were totally crap on my '04 1.6 forte berlingo too. The brake pedal locked up on two occasions and I couldn't press it down! I no longer have that car and was glad to see the back of it. Anyone else experienced the same?

[kfk]

The brakes on my Multispace are more than adequate, but then i dont have the need to rush everywhere, and i do try to anticipate the other idiots on the road.