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Hi, I own a 2005 d40 navara. Recently at low speeds when stopping it feels like the rear brakes are grabbing, this can be extremely bad when pulling away in the morning. I have checked the handbrake cables and they are free, the brake shoes and mechanis ms are also free. I recently cleaned the rear shoes and chamfered them ( no oil leaks from the brake cylinders or the half shaft seals ) , this stopped the problem for about three weeks. It doesn't affect the braking at normal road and motorway speeds, I have been told that it may be linked to the load sensor / adjuster that is fitted to the rear axle. Does anyone have an idea what this is as its extremely annoying in traffic. Thanks for your help on this matter

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rsvnick
 
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It may be worth pulling out the half shafts to check their condition, I believe there have been issues with failing half shafts on the D40 of your vintage.

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have a look under the back on the o/s of the axle theres whats know as a load sensing valve make sure the arm is free on it its the part with the spring attached make sure its nice and free where it swivels , make sure the cylinder pistons are all free , try disconecting the cable and see if its ok with them disconnected cables can be know for sticking and it not being obviouse , make sure you havent over adjusted them when you checked them
 
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Never discovered if there was a link to it or not, but I had exactly the same problem about the time my half shafts played up. Ended up putting in a 2009 back axle, so as I say, never found out if the grabbing was linked to the halfshaft problem.
 
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Kasey said:
Never discovered if there was a link to it or not, but I had exactly the same problem about the time my half shafts played up. Ended up putting in a 2009 back axle, so as I say, never found out if the grabbing was linked to the halfshaft problem.
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Oil contamination or excessive brake dust can cause this.
With leaking halfshafts Kasey, I'd say this was indeed the cause.
 
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Sounds like halfshaft symptoms but in my experiance when they go they go and you will see noticable amounts of oil in the durms, mine went everywhere when i took the drums off, so if you say there is no oil then its probably not the half shafts
 
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Hi There

I'm only new, but my 08 Nav does the a similar thing... what I discovered was my leaf springs has gone down abit (lazy if you know what I mean), So the load compensation valve on mine is adjusting braking for a load on the back when theres not.
 
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bodybuilderboo said:
I've just got a navara and two days with it the same thing is going on with mine. pain in the f*cking ass it is and £800 for a 2nd axle, it's a joke.
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Did you buy the truck from the trade or privately?
 
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