Junkman
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harveyp6 said:Was any work done to the rear brakes prior to the MOT? If so I would say that at the time the MOT was done, although the brakes worked well enough to pass the test, they were not correctly set so as to allow the mechanism to self adjust from that point onwards, and now that the pads have worn down a bit with use neither the hand or footbrakes are working because the pads are too far away from the discs.The hydraulic piston will be right up against the stop washer.
Otherwise it looks as though you'll have to try setting them up properly, and see what (if any) faults you find along the way.
The only thing done prior to the MOT was to free up the seized handbrake linkage.
You say "...they were not correctly set so as to allow the mechanism to self adjust from that point onwards..."
and "...Otherwise it looks as though you'll have to try setting them up properly..."
How is this done? The Haynes is completely elusive in this respect.