Brake Discs

[snowwolf]

leigh1050 said:

Thanks James. I'll call you in the morning.

Ok not to far

[leigh1050]

At Sticks now. Had one disc off and I need new ones.
Off home soon and get some ordered!

[leigh1050]

Here's a pic of the one we had off.
Looks nice and scabby.

[mik_ok]

That's even worse than mine were

I bet they are also "growling" when you brake?

[leigh1050]

mik_ok said:

That's even worse than mine were

I bet they are also "growling" when you brake?

That was after I'd cleaned it up a bit with a rotary wire brush.
Dont know about growling butI get a fair bit of vibration when braking.

[snowwolf]

Think your going to be really happy with the ones I have got Leigh, will send the pics tomorrow

[snowwolf]

I got as far as the M11 turn off when you got intouch, I did leave a bit late, would have been nice to have seen you both, been ages

[leigh1050]

snowwolf said:

I got as far as the M11 turn off when you got intouch, I did leave a bit late, would have been nice to have seen you both, been ages

If all goes well I'll be going back next saturday, if you're not working perhaps you can come up next week.
Was great to see Mick today and have a look at his TANK.

[jameshsv]

leigh1050 said:

If all goes well I'll be going back next saturday, if you're not working perhaps you can come up next week.
Was great to see Mick today and have a look at his TANK.

Wtf looks like those discs deffo need changing leigh

[leigh1050]

jameshsv said:

Wtf looks like those discs deffo need changing leigh

Yeah mate they're well cattle trucked, changing the whole lot and new pads next week hopefully.
Daft thing is the outer part of the disc that you can see looks fine.

Edited by leigh1050 on Saturday 5th December 21:02

[snowwolf]

It's always the inside of the discs that get the hammering weather wise and look the worst, yours look really quite bad, are they the original discs ? how many miles were put on them?

[leigh1050]

snowwolf said:

It's always the inside of the discs that get the hammering weather wise and look the worst, yours look really quite bad, are they the original discs ? how many miles were put on them?

Yes mate they are the original discs about 48,000 miles.

[snowwolf]

Were the pads really low? if so while the pistons are out will be worth popping the dust covers off and giving them a clean and some Molycote grease, will sort a tube out for you Leigh.

[leigh1050]

snowwolf said:

Were the pads really low? if so while the pistons are out will be worth popping the dust covers off and giving them a clean and some Molycote grease, will sort a tube out for you Leigh.

The inner pad is nearly completley gone probably 1mm left.
I was thinking about giving the pistons a bit of a clean but I dont want to be taking the piss with Sticks lift and time.

[snowwolf]

leigh1050 said:

The inner pad is nearly completley gone probably 1mm left.
I was thinking about giving the pistons a bit of a clean but I dont want to be taking the piss with Sticks lift and time.

If the pistons are quite a long way out, like it sounds they are, it is best to pop seals back and give a dust out even if it is just with a 1" paint brush and always good to give a visual check too just in case there is some corrosion that needs seeing to, don't forget when you are fitting new pads and discs they will be on there for a long time, last thing you want is sticking pistons, Mick will know all that anyway.

[leigh1050]

New discs and pads fitted. Thanks to the two Micks Stick100 for fitting them and Snowolf for selling me the ones he had that are nogood for his genf.
These are one of the rear discs and front left, not looking very good. Pads weren't to bad except for the front inners which were shot.Oh and thanks Jim for keeping me company and only taking the piss a little bit.

Edited by leigh1050 on Saturday 12th December 16:26

[jameshsv]

You just have to make sure you drive the car more often now m8 good to see you and stick m8

[mik_ok]

The inside pads and disc surface definitely have a harder time on these cars - particularly on the front. Not sure if that is down to (lesser) cooling, but you definitely can't assess wear/condition by looking at the outside only...

[leigh1050]

mik_ok said:

The inside pads and disc surface definitely have a harder time on these cars - particularly on the front. Not sure if that is down to (lesser) cooling, but you definitely can't assess wear/condition by looking at the outside only...

You really need to remove a disc to see what condition they are in.As it isn't to hard a job to get a disc off I'll probably have a look at them in a couple of years time.

[snowwolf]

Glad it's all sorted Leigh should have taken some pics of the new ones on

Edited by snowwolf on Saturday 12th December 20:39