I now know Romahome brakes arn't too good after owning one for 8 months but I had a shock last wednesday.
I was returning home from government auction at Dunkerswell, nr Honiton, Devon. Leaving the site the ground was bumpy and lots of bottoming out.
Once on the main road back towards Honiton I felt that my brakes weren't too good going down the hills, my foot kept going down to the floor.
I turned onto the A30 but after 5 miles the break warning light came on, so I stopped at a layby and took a look at the fluid reservoir.
it was on the danger level so I topped it up thinking air may have bleed up to it. So off I went again all releived but afet 5 miles the light came on again.
I stopped took a look and the level was down again to danger. My stress levels started to rise knowing that I had a serious leak somewhere.
I took a look under it and to my shock I found the brake pipe had broken of the left rear cylinder at the joining nut. Fluid all over the wheel, ground and under the vehicle.
I bent the pipe back on itself then put some plastic over the filler on the reservoir held in place by elastic bands to slow the leakage.
Trouble is I still had 45 miles of devon hills to go till I reached home at Brixham. I'm not a AA member or RAC member and they would have charged £300 + to get me back.
This is what I did. I just drove back normally and not using my brakes. To stop I would slow in advance, use the gears and handbrake.
At Paignton there's a hill called Kings Ash Hill, very steep indeed. When I reached that it was clear of traffic and using 2nd and a little Handbraking I got to the bottom, I guess i would still get to the bottom either way.
I made it home an hour after discovering the problem.
The cause ? simple
When I bottom out at leaving the auction i think my spring assister spring bent out to the side and hit my brake pipe, this is my theory and i could be wrong. The pipe was steel, old and weak. I have now changed both rear pipes for copper ones and routed them away from the assisters.
Other than that the auction was very good and I saved several thousand pounds, I only bought a burger.
I was returning home from government auction at Dunkerswell, nr Honiton, Devon. Leaving the site the ground was bumpy and lots of bottoming out.
Once on the main road back towards Honiton I felt that my brakes weren't too good going down the hills, my foot kept going down to the floor.
I turned onto the A30 but after 5 miles the break warning light came on, so I stopped at a layby and took a look at the fluid reservoir.
it was on the danger level so I topped it up thinking air may have bleed up to it. So off I went again all releived but afet 5 miles the light came on again.
I stopped took a look and the level was down again to danger. My stress levels started to rise knowing that I had a serious leak somewhere.
I took a look under it and to my shock I found the brake pipe had broken of the left rear cylinder at the joining nut. Fluid all over the wheel, ground and under the vehicle.
I bent the pipe back on itself then put some plastic over the filler on the reservoir held in place by elastic bands to slow the leakage.
Trouble is I still had 45 miles of devon hills to go till I reached home at Brixham. I'm not a AA member or RAC member and they would have charged £300 + to get me back.
This is what I did. I just drove back normally and not using my brakes. To stop I would slow in advance, use the gears and handbrake.
At Paignton there's a hill called Kings Ash Hill, very steep indeed. When I reached that it was clear of traffic and using 2nd and a little Handbraking I got to the bottom, I guess i would still get to the bottom either way.
I made it home an hour after discovering the problem.
The cause ? simple
When I bottom out at leaving the auction i think my spring assister spring bent out to the side and hit my brake pipe, this is my theory and i could be wrong. The pipe was steel, old and weak. I have now changed both rear pipes for copper ones and routed them away from the assisters.
Other than that the auction was very good and I saved several thousand pounds, I only bought a burger.
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