[T2] Rear brake problem, brakes lock when braking

[Bob Reuter]

yes replace the hoses no less than every 10 years

Bob


On Sat, 19 Jan 2019, Anthony Hopkins wrote:

> I think it could be the rubber hoses also ,,,they look ok but take them off and try to blow though them.You get to find out how bad "Brake Fluid: tastes and you will have the answer ,cheap to replace.
> Tony
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>    On Saturday, January 19, 2019 8:25 AM, Bob Reuter <accessys at smart.net> wrote:
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> is the parking brake cable too tight???
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> Bob
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> On Sat, 19 Jan 2019, Daniel Martinelli wrote:
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>> Yes, they do look fine but we decided to refurbish them, as we have the
>> parts and see what happens
>>
>> Daniel
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>> On Sat, 19 Jan 2019 at 02:37, Robert Camacho <bcoldpro at aol.com> wrote:
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>>> How old are the rear brake shoes? Have those been visually inspected?
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Daniel Martinelli <daniel.martinelli at gmx.ch>
>>> To: Type2 list <type2 at type2.com>
>>> Sent: Fri, Jan 11, 2019 8:33 am
>>> Subject: [T2] Rear brake problem, brakes lock when braking
>>>
>>> Dear all
>>>
>>> A friend of mine has a weird problem with his T2b camper rear brakes. When
>>> braking hard, on the road, the rear brakes lock up. We replaced the front
>>> disk brake pads to no avail, checked the caliper pistons and they are fine.
>>> Tires are almost new and correctly inflated.
>>>
>>> On the test stand, when tested independently the rear and front brakes work
>>> perfectly.
>>>
>>> We thought it could be the proportional valve, replaced it but the problem
>>> persists.
>>>
>>> Sooo, apart from the proportional valve, what could influence brake
>>> distribution from front to back? We are at a loss here.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts?
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
>>> Daniel
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