Spaced Out ~ School Boy Error When Fitting New Rear Discs 182

[chiswickcollectables]

No biggy but this might save someone dropping the same bollock I did when fitting a pair of new rear brake discs.

Removed the old discs, gave the area a good clean and put the new discs on (with bearings already fitted), torqued up the stub axle nuts and off I went.

Unfortunately that wasn’t the end of it. Noise coming from the rear when cornering and play on both wheels. It occurred to me there were probably some kind of spacers still attached to the old discs but by this time I’d already disposed of them with the spacers most likely stuck on.

Kam Racing came to the recuse as they stock the spacers. This little balls up cost me 30 and a bit of extra work. Hope this thread prevents someone avoiding the bit of aggro I had when fitting new rear discs.

https://www.kamracing.co.uk/grams-oe-rear-disc-spacer-renault-clio-mk2-rs-172-rs-182.html

Cheers,

Craig

 

[Mr Underhill]

No biggy but this one might save someone dropping the same bollock I did when fitting a pair of new rear brake discs.

Removed the old discs, gave the area a good clean and put the new discs on (with bearings already fitted), torqued up the stub axle nuts and off I went.

Unfortunately that wasn’t the end of it. Noise coming from the rear when cornering and play on both wheels. It occurred to me there were probably some kind of spacers still attached to the old discs but by this time I’d already disposed of them with the spacers most likely stuck on.

Kam Racing came to the recuse as they stock the spaces. This little balls up cost me 30 and a bit of extra work. Hope this thread prevents someone else the same aggro have.

https://www.kamracing.co.uk/grams-oe-rear-disc-spacer-renault-clio-mk2-rs-172-rs-182.html

Cheers,

Craig

Aye, it's an easy enough thing to overlook.

 

[JamesBryan]

Happens all the time, you won't be the last to do it 😂

 

[chiswickcollectables]

Happens all the time, you won't be the last to do it 😂

Job went too easy, old discs pulled off no problem, new ones on, all done and dusted in no time. Went from hero to zero immediately after and felt a right berk LOL

 

[JamesBryan]

Might want to check but you could have got away it, when that happens it can destroy the abs sensors.

 

[Mr Underhill]

Just had a thought. Did you put them in the right way around?

 

[Matt Cup]

Do any other cars have to use this spacer or is it 1*2 specific?

 

[Martin_172]

Renault Main dealer done it to my Mrs on a 1.6 16v MK2, destroyed the wheel bearing, wheel bolts and stub axle! They footed the bill after a bit of back and forward!!

 

[chiswickcollectables]

Might want to check but you could have got away it, when that happens it can destroy the abs sensors.

Cheers mate, thankfully I’d only done 50 odd miles minus the spacers so no damage done.

 

[chiswickcollectables]

Just had a thought. Did you put them in the right way around?

Triple checked.. I didn’t want to drop another clanger LOL

 

[chiswickcollectables]

Renault Main dealer done it to my Mrs on a 1.6 16v MK2, destroyed the wheel bearing, wheel bolts and stub axle! They footed the bill after a bit of back and forward!!

Ouch. You’d expect a main dealer not to mess it up; they must’ve changed tons of rear discs on an mk2 over the years. Maybe the mechanic had been on it the night before.

 

[Leo182]

Will I be OK driving it to the MOT without one side having the spacer present? Will I take my abs/bearing out now??

 

[chiswickcollectables]

Likelihood is it will fail MOT due to excess play without the spacer, mate

 

[Leo182]

Likelihood is it will fail MOT due to excess play without the spacer, mate

Ffs I may as well cancel the Mot then if that's the case as its booked for tomorrow.

 

[G. Brzęczyszczykiewicz]

Will I be OK driving it to the MOT without one side having the spacer present? Will I take my abs/bearing out now??

Hard to say, my car went through 2 MOTs with missing spacers before I changed the discs and noticed. I do keep getting ABS warnings every now and again though, which may or may not be related. Probably best to just fit the spacers and save any potential hassle to be honest.

 

[Leo182]

Hard to say, my car went through 2 MOTs with missing spacers before I changed the discs and noticed. I do keep getting ABS warnings every now and again though, which may or may not be related. Probably best to just fit the spacers and save any potential hassle to be honest.

Ive cancelled the Mot now until I've fitted it, no point in chancing it.

 

[JamesBryan]

No point risking chewing the abs sensor up either when the ring hits it, otherwise it's even more effort to sort.