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This is a discussion on Rear brakes? within the Octavia I forums, part of the Skoda Model Discussion Area category; any body had this problem??? when i reverse and then put the foot break on there is a 'grown' from ...
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17-01-2005, 15:16
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|  Rear brakes? any body had this problem??? when i reverse and then put the foot break on there is a 'grown' from the breaks?? can get quite loud!! i asked skoda and they recon its a common thing on the octy vrs?? any ideas?? |
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17-01-2005, 18:33
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| Briskodian  | Yep, mine does it occasionally too. |
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17-01-2005, 19:09
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| my 4x4 don't, are they much diferent?
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| Weights or shims, theres to different fixes atm that are being tested, not sure which one has got the green light as yet, not done either. |
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| We had a few sets of weights fitted to a few cars on appraisal And the Audi A3 had the weight mod in 1998, shows you how long it takes for us to catch up..lol. |
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18-01-2005, 13:22
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| the noise seems to be getting louder! sounds like a train stopping lol! i will ask the skoda dealer to put some weights on then! are they doing it under 100% warrenty? |
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| only ever get noise when i've washed the car and the rear disks have seized to the pads with surface rust... this goes after running the brakes though.
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19-01-2005, 13:48
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| i did wonder how weights helped?? but it heppens all the time now?? i have run the pads in as well?? |
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