Alright lads this is my first post as i have not long owned my rst but have just put some konis on today an have discovered that the rear drums are working when the brake pedal is pressed but works with the handbrake any one know whats causing this

 

Fooked or siezed brake cylinder?

 

thats what i thought but its both sides not just the one an there are no leakages i will probably just end up replaceing them both but thought i would ask just semmed funny both sides being off at the same time

 

Either strip and replace both sides or do what i did and get a rear disc conversion.

 

was thinkin about doin that anyway as i thought the brakes were just shite until i found out they were not workin on the rear today

how much did you pay for your kit like mate

 

Mine was Ł300 all in but if you were to shop about you'll get it cheaper,im gonna ditch the abs over xmas too.

 

that abs system had my head done right in when i put my stage 1 clutch it took me ages to dismantle it

i have just noticed where you are from i am a Dundee lad an my stepdads family all from Perth are you going through to Crail on sunday

 

has your car been lowered? if so it may be the rear brake compensators(think that's what the thing is called) need adjusting. basically it's there to vary the brake force depending on what weight you are carrying, so if it's been lowered then it thinks the car
is carrying more weight. may have been adjusted by somebody not quite right.might be completely wrong but worth a look i suppose.

 

cheers mate yes its has been lowered by me today but to be honnest i dont think its dropped it by much if anythin at all stuck konis on i was expectin it to be a bit lower than it is back to what you were saying when i discovered they were not workin the car was still on the ramp its feet had not hit the deck

 

honestly can't think of anything else it could be. i think the brakes are diagonally split on
the escort, so that if one circuit fails you still have the other. ( front left+rear right and front right + rear left.) so if it was a fault surely it would affect the fronts in some way
for it to be both rears i can only think of the compensator, might be seized or summat? try adjusting it if you can. and with the konis, if they are adjustables then you can drop it to whatever you like

 

If you have your vehicle jacked up under the body with the rear wheels hanging down then the brakes on the rear will not work! The compensators are stoping the fluid flow to the rear brakes.

Jack the wheel up with the jack under the suspension arm and see if the brakes work then.

 

Right will try that mate it was on a four post ramp at work so that would explain it i dont know alot about fords but am learning fast all i have worked on is peugeots an people say they are hard to work on cheers lads

 

juss won a new set of rear drums,backing plates+cylinders,Ł42.on ebay m8,,,the girl sells loadsa rs turbo stuff,already had a petrol tank+meterhead off her..sound,

name amanda bain
4 ord terrace,
invergordon,
ross-shire,
scotland
ebay name ,steam 1111.

check it out.

 

I had the same problem with my brakes. Found the compensators on the back to be seized. Ford don't sell them anymore so I've bypassed them and taken them off. I've also taken the ABS off as all that was seized too. Looking into a bias valve so I can alter the braking on the back.

Cheers
Dave