Brake pad contact footprint.

[Gingerbread Man]

Random question. My brakes are squeeling, so I poked my head underneath when I had 5 minutes yesterday.

New discs and pads. Old calipers.

On the rear, the marks on the discs are wider on the outer side of both rears. The contact patch looks smaller on the inside of both rear brakes.

Is this normal? Same pads. The fronts look even.

[Gingerbread Man]

Just looked in this a bit more. I believe that they are a single piston with a sliding calliper.

I have bought some brake grease, a jack and some stands after forgetting to pack mine again! So I'm not set back up.

I'm going to have a look at the sliders in due course.

[Gingerbread Man]

It's a Caterham with standard brakes, probably Ford callipers. Sierra RS Cosworth rear disc I think.

Edited by Gingerbread Man on Saturday 11th April 14:07