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944 stopping itself

gilbo

gilbo

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Hi. I have just had a fair bit of work done to the car including a rear driveshaft inner joint which was in a real bad condition. The car had been in storage for a long time and I expected some things to need doing.

The problems with the rear started about 100 miles after I got the car and the racket was that bad It could be heard by pedestrians when I was driving past them - very embarrassing! Now it's fixed and there is no noise.

One 'problem' I still have, although I don't know if it's a problem or normal?? is that when the car is stationary and on a slight hill or incline, it will not budge when the handbrake is off. A steeper incline will cause the car to roll, but I tried to push the car into my very tight garage the other night with the gear lever in neutral and the handbrake off and with no incline at all it was a real fight to move it. Is this normal or could it point towards a problem with the brakes or the handbrake?.... or the other joint?

There are no smells or noises at all and the car drives and brakes normally. Just on my mind, thats all.


 
Thats odd, I've found my old 944's to roll very well so always easy to drive in heavy stop start traffic.

Can you jack the back of the car up and spin each wheel?

Could be many things:

Brakes, wheel bearing, CV, Diff etc.
 
When I got mine it was almost impossible to push the thing (engine didn't run then) as all four brake calipers were in a bad way inside the piston. I have now taken them apart, treated them to new seals and dust covers and the car rolls around quite happily which is a nice reminder that I've forgotten to apply the handbrake yet again (been spoilt with one of those fancy electronic ones for the last couple of years).

Try jacking each corner up and spinning the wheels, the fronts should spin relatively freely but the back ones won't be as free due to the drive shaft but as long as the car isn't in gear they should be quite easy to turn. Another way to eliminate the brakes would be to remove the brake pads whilst it's jacked up and try spinning them then.
 
sounds like something is causing friction in the transmission somewhere. Was it difficult to push before you replaced the drive shaft ?

If I were you I would jack each corner in turn and try and spin the wheel by hand starting with the corner where you replaced the shaft.

Chances are you over-tightened something ....wheel bearings maybe ?

oops madrob and homsea got there before me.? did I actually read the thread ? [:(]
 
I find my handbrake tends to seize when left on for a few days. The lever is fine and so is the cable, I think the shoes are just sticking to the drums and need a little clutch disengaging to 'let go'. It may be because the street outside my house is on a hill and so the handbrake is engaged quite firmly, its not really an issue more of a character...[:)]

Edd
 
I would suspect the handbrake mechanism inside the rear disks. There is a little metal hinge that is prone to corrosion meaning the handbrake doesn't properly release. It's worth sorting if this is the case because mine got hot from friction and snapped. The part was hard to find and the other side was easy to clean up and make move freely.
 
Just had the rear end all sorted on mine, never had a problem with it being stiff pulling away although the handbrake still sticks every time I use it. I always get a loud ping when I pull away.
 
The rear brakes are drums - I will see if I can get the wheel-spin-test done shortly! Cheers
 
ORIGINAL: the_dr38

Just had the rear end all sorted on mine, never had a problem with it being stiff pulling away although the handbrake still sticks every time I use it. I always get a loud ping when I pull away.
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That is the symptom of what I'm talking about, or at least that's exactly what my car did.
 
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