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Flapper
 


Member Since: 04 Feb 2015
Location: Gloucester
Posts: 327

United Kingdom 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Zermatt SilverDiscovery 3
Rear brake caliper fix

I have finally fixed my rear off side caliper!
After months of smelling burning brakes its finally fixed, the weired thing is it wasn't the caliper.
I must have changed the pads 5 times cleaned the sliders greased the pins and it was all in vein.
Cause it was the blinking flexi brake pipe at the back.
Not the one attached to the caliper its the one right at the back which connects the car brake pipes the short metal pipe that sits on the rear arm.
This flexi pipe is the one that has to move all the time as the wheel's move up and down.
This Censored Censored Censored beeping pipe had decided to create its own internal one way valve inside its self so it the caliper stuck on.
The way I found it was if you bleed the brake caliper and leave the bleed nut open when your helper takes her foot off the brake peddle the bubbles don't go up the pipe they stay still.
I changed the pipe and all is good.
Hope some one finds this helpful. Bow down Bow down Bow down
  
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lynalldiscovery
 


Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274

United Kingdom 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 Metropolis LE Auto Bonatti GreyDiscovery 3

I have only ever seen one duff brake flexi in 30 odd years, and that was on an old karman ghia.

Iirc LR service schedule calls for new brake flexis every 10 years? bet very few if any get done.
  
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highlands
 


Member Since: 10 Jan 2010
Location: NW Highlands
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Ukraine 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Java BlackDiscovery 3

The steel brake pipes fail around the 10 year mark to remind you! Wink
 Black 05 TDV6 HSE Auto
Grey 05 TDV6 HSE Auto (Gone)
54 TDV6 SE Man (killed by me Sad
 
Post #22222103rd Apr 2021 10:03 pm
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Flapper
 


Member Since: 04 Feb 2015
Location: Gloucester
Posts: 327

United Kingdom 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Zermatt SilverDiscovery 3

Your right I changed that as its well as it an easy pipe to have a go at.
Took 3 goes as never done it before usual thing forgot to put the ends on then put the wrong end on then to short.
got their in the end.
And no more smoking brakes
  
Post #22223084th Apr 2021 9:14 am
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eightfoot
 


Member Since: 12 Apr 2015
Location: sunny essex
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United Kingdom 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 S Auto Bonatti GreyDiscovery 3

think the flexi's are a 7 year service/replacement part or around that time span
 please excuse any grammer/punctuation mistakes,i'm thick,thankyou
current vehicles 2005 d3 2013 d4 
 
Post #22223304th Apr 2021 10:29 am
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