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Wife comes in and says she thinks she has run over a cat..

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farmerboy

Member Since: 09 Dec 2013
Location: warrington
Posts: 303

2007 Discovery 3 TDV6 Base 5 Seat Manual Buckingham Blue

Wife comes in and says she thinks she has run over a cat..

..... bemused, I go out to check and after a bit of further investigation discover that the EPB has started to screech at her....

I have read pretty much all of the info on the EPB but can someone just confirm that this is the correct course of action?

Symptoms - when the parking brake is applied a noise is heard from under the car at the rear. The red parking brake light on the dash starts to flash.

So far... I have managed to release the parking brake by holding down the switch whilst removing the ign key. It just made normal whirring noise as it released. Fuse removed to prevent further actuation. I have jacked it up at the rear and confirmed that the parking brake has released.

Plan... remove rear disks and clean then adjust and lubricate the parking brake shoes as per Bodsy's instructions, replace fuse and apply the brake manually twice to reset it.... have I missed anything?

(It is a 2007 pauper spec manual by the way)

Thanks... 2007 Base D3 - Buckingham Blue
Mods...
Off road "adventure XS" air freshener
Off road "My back hurts - GLX" lumbar support.
All Terrain Racing (incontinence) seat covers
SAGA GTX remap (30% power reduction plus max 2000 rpm limit)

16th May 2014 10:50 pm

galwaygreen

Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
Posts: 6525

2016 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 Graphite LE Auto Loire Blue

think you may have to re adjust more than twice,after it beds in
think there was a problem with brake lining detaching...others may know more

17th May 2014 2:08 am

Flack

Member Since: 06 Sep 2006
Location: Preston Lancashire
Posts: 6299

2007 Discovery 3 TDV6 XS Auto Stornoway Grey

If your adjusting the brakes shoes and not replacing them, what you have said is good to go, if you replace the shoes then a bedding in procedure is required and another adjustment after to take up the slack in the shoes.

Flack

17th May 2014 8:12 am

farmerboy

Member Since: 09 Dec 2013
Location: warrington
Posts: 303

Cheers Flack - just about to give it a go... hopefully a good clean up and adjustment will suffice. By the way, I am astonished how high the body lifts before the wheels come off the ground - I cannot believe that the supplied scissor jack will lift it high enough!... (not using it today but may need to at the roadside) 2007 Base D3 - Buckingham Blue
Mods...
Off road "adventure XS" air freshener
Off road "My back hurts - GLX" lumbar support.
All Terrain Racing (incontinence) seat covers
SAGA GTX remap (30% power reduction plus max 2000 rpm limit)

17th May 2014 10:20 am

farmerboy

Member Since: 09 Dec 2013
Location: warrington
Posts: 303

A good clean and adjustment has solved the problem... everything looked in good order and the shoes were hardly worn but lots of brake dust. Easy job to do so I must remember to check the adjustment regularly. Hopefully it will be ok for a while. 2007 Base D3 - Buckingham Blue
Mods...
Off road "adventure XS" air freshener
Off road "My back hurts - GLX" lumbar support.
All Terrain Racing (incontinence) seat covers
SAGA GTX remap (30% power reduction plus max 2000 rpm limit)

17th May 2014 1:09 pm

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