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Old 26-06-08, 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Vidge View Post
Are you losing any fluid at all ? If not it sounds like either the caliper's pistons are gummed up with poo and are having difficulty slipping back or you've munted a spring in the master cylinder. Which is pretty unlikley but not unheard of.

I'd Jack the car up and have an assistant stand on the brakes, then release. Then try turning each hub by hand, if one caliper is sticking you'll spot it. If there all sticking it points to the master cylinder.
Ricky, that was what I was going to post, but then I saw it was you......
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