corsa_nation
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Registered: 27th Dec 04
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I checked out the back of my car tonight though the headlights of my mate's and noticed a piece of metal hanging down underneath....... it turns out it was the metal piece that attaches to the brake compensator spring and another piece(which i have lost somewhere on the road)have snapped off!!! the spring is not attached to anything now except the bit on the axle........ anyone know what i need to do?!
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csweatherston
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Registered: 16th Jan 06
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buy a new1
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Dean_W
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Don't worry too much. There is not a lot of braking on the rear anyway.
Replace it, and if the car is lowered you need to adjust it.
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corsa_nation
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cool - i got that much but also will this leave it safe to drive and how much will it cost to replace most of it?
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Dave A
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mine isnt connected as the back tends to lock up.
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Dean_W
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Yep. Safe to drive. Just take it easy with the brakes 
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corsa_nation
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not connected at all? my car is totally standard - not lowered. what type of price am i looking at?
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csweatherston
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erm..how do you adjust it??......mines lowered 60mm, and keeps locking up all the time 
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Dean_W
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Undo the bolt that holds the spring tight and slacken it off.
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csweatherston
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so i want the compensator loose??
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Dean_W
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What i did was slacken it off and then adjust it back up, taking it for a check each time.
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ryan_fowler1985
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Registered: 27th Jul 05
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if you take the spring of do the back brakes still work a bit or do u loose them all together ive adjusted mine with a 50mm drop and it still locks up
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Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave A
mine isnt connected as the back tends to lock up.
Has it improoved?
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ryan_fowler1985
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ttt
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