Front Brake Disc/pad replacment options

[AW8]

I nave seen advertised pairs around £60 per pair there are some on ebay for circa £65 though I would want to ensure I was getting genuine parts & thus would ask plenty of q's to avoid buying rubbish in a box with the words brembo on it.

[scooby1doo1]

Stuff that just tuck the time to read all the neg's, should have do so if the first place.

Think i'll buy mi brakes when needed from the shops

[AW8]

No offence intended but I am not sure if I fully understand the last post...............I think you are indicating that because of potential pitfalls you will intend to buy discs & pads from an over the counter retailer when required.

If so I would just add that the pitfalls of buying expensive &/or poor parts can exist to some extent for over the counter purchases as well as online buying.

I am not suggesting any retailers are selling poorly made parts that are advertised as name branded, but I would want to do my homework before buying from someone effectively selling premium name branded brakes for around 50% cost that others sell same brand name(s) for.

[Sanj]

[quote=""AW8""]No offence intended but I can't quite understand the last post.[/quote]

[quote=""scooby1doo1""]Stuff that just tuck the time to read all the neg's, should have do so if the first place.

Think i'll buy mi brakes when needed from the shops[/quote]

Stuff that, just took the time to read all the negatives, should have done so in the first place.

Think I'll buy my brakes when needed from the shops


In other words - bugger that!

[AW8]

[scooby1doo1]

Yes dint read to good iPhone likes to add or change some words, cheers sanj for correcting my spelling.

[Sanj]

[quote=""scooby1doo1""]Yes dint read to good iPhone likes to add or change some words, cheers sanj for correcting my spelling.[/quote]

Shall I do it again!

[scooby1doo1]

If you must, but surley the above is under standable.

[storminmike]

Well

Bouyed by the success of replacing the front DISCs and PADS with PAGIDS from ECP...the purchase of trolley jack....some leftover copper grease...new breaker bars....and new PAGID REARs (pads.discs) with 25% off I set about the back today

DONE....my back aches but DONE all the same

as before

Those discs are flippin heavy...a 3/8 socket set (make unknown) with the addition of hex bits from Aldi were more than man enough to pull the guide bolts and the front screw. However as noted elsewhere the bottom one is largely obscured to the use of a socket due to the shock absorber. I undid the top one but as recommended eslewhere I undid the carrier bolts....tough but plenty of wd40 beforehand can only of helped.

The other bolt was then removed when the caliber was floating and dis assembled


Also, as before a light polishing of ridges formed by the movement of the pads in certain areas of the carrier using a dremel. Note I didn't go mad at all and I observed where pad contact points were. I mainly glanced over to remove crud/corrosion build to smooth metal. I was wary that too much might (guess) have the opposite effect and maybe casue the pads to jar

The rest of the carrier was dremeled to remove any corrsion build up. Stood back an admired my work to then and resembled a chimney sweep.

One disc came off easier than the other. Had to smack the other with a hammer on the wheel face of the old disc to"bounce" it loose

The pagid disc again was already painted over. I still cleaned the surface though with the paint intact

After making sure the mounting faces were clean, removed the crud on the wheel spigot and the but where the disc centre passes through. It was at this point I "practised" adjusting the handbrake nut to get a feel of it whilst visible.

Smear of copper grease in these areas then the disc was offered up. Car in neutral and no handbrake I adjusted then rotated until it locked. Why I don't know I just gave the disc a tab...perhaps just to ensure the drum pads were "centred" as the may have been knocked earlier. Might be pointles but I backed off then tightened again...finishing with 2 clicks at most off

Copper grease was added to all points on both the pad AND the carrier. The pad had a hard rubbery back but I cpper greased it any way.

I assembled both halfs of the carrier with pads having shoved back the piston. The guide pins were polished to mirror with autosol polish. This removed some weird gunk near the exposed thread end

Wrestled it back on as one pice

wear sensor then spring..DONE 1 1/2 each side with coffee breaks and back stretching