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Any help will be gratefully received.  These CTs come round so quickly.  It doesn't seem two years since I did the last CT.  Anyway, I need a contre-visite, so I have 2 months to correct some things. Can someone explain the following terms:

PNEUMATIQUE - Usure importante et/ou difference importante d'usure sur l'essieu. ARG.

FREIN DE SERVICE - Desequilibre. AR.    (I've just had new brake pads so would this be because of that?)

FEU DE CROISEMENT - Reglage trop bas. D.

With thanks

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Roughly (without looking it up):

Significant uneven tyre and/or  axle wear Rear Left

Rear brakes out of balance.

Ooo,er![:$]

Hopefully the more mechanically minded will put me right.  I know roughly what does what on a car and I know the faster the better but beyond that...[:D]

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Handbrake out of balance.

May have been caused by the new rear (did you say rear?) pads not bedding in or they may have caused a problem when fitting.

I would bed them in by braking to a halt from 30 mph a few times using the handbrake, actually its not the way I would do it but te aforementined methd is easier to describe and less likely to cause you any problems if you misinterpret it.

good luck

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Also just to make the first point a little clearer.

PNEUMATIQUE - Usure importante et/ou difference importante d'usure sur l'essieu. ARG.

Left hand rear tyre worn to excess and/or the difference in tread between the two tyres on the same axle is too great.

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[quote user="cooperlola"]

Roughly (without looking it up):

Significant uneven tyre and/or  axle wear Rear Left

Rear brakes out of balance.

Ooo,er![:$]

Hopefully the more mechanically minded will put me right.  I know roughly what does what on a car and I know the faster the better but beyond that...[:D]

[/quote]

The "frein de service" is the hand-brake, probably not difficult to fix, possibly uneven tension of cable from hand-brake lever, possibly stretch and deterioration of one cable, possibly dirty shoe or rust or oil on the hub, etc , etc...

Try applying the hand-brake whilst the car is moving down a slope to assess degree of deficiency of left rear brake; if you have no shoes and discs all round more likely to be a cable fault;, the condition of the discs should be self evident.

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The combination of factors might indicate that one side brake is working well and wearing out the tyre while the other side is not working efficiently, so could have been a siezed cyl/caliper or need adjustment, while rear pads were recently changed this should have been spotted but could have been missed so worth bit of a check.
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[quote user="Sunday Driver"]

Let's get the facts straight....[;-)]

Frein de service is the footbrake.

Frein de stationnement is the handbrake.

 

[/quote]Thanks.  It's funny because I looked up frein de service subsequently (I'd only ever heard the handbrake called either frein de stationnement or a main) and it said "service brake" in my Oxford/Hachette dictionary so I was none the wiser![:D]
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[quote user="Sunday Driver"]

Let's get the facts straight....[;-)]

Frein de service is the footbrake.

Frein de stationnement is the handbrake.

[/quote]

My mistake, sorry for that, I either didnt read the posting or had brain fade.

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