3,304 days ago since I owned a Renault ..

[andybond]

For no other reason than idle curiosity I wanted to know what horrors were waiting for me behind the exterior door plastics.

It appears that nothing of any concern is the answer. Dirt and that’s it.

It took a near hurculean amount of strength to get them off but a gentle touch was all that’s needed to put them back on.

Dirt is gone , sides are back on. Win.

 

[andybond]

Anyone have any recommendations for rear hub + disk kits with the replacement stub axel for my 172 cup?

 

[Brigsy]

Oem for rear discs, they include bearing.

Stub axles dont generally need replacing.

 

[npt]

Make sure to coat the discs prior to fitting, my genuine discs look horrendous within weeks

 

[andybond]

Make sure to coat the discs prior to fitting, my genuine discs look horrendous within weeks

Any recommendations?

 

[npt]

Any recommendations?

I used blue steel and hammerite on my old discs, I'll be coating these the same in the coming months

 

[andybond]

Standard rear discs and pads arrived.

 

[andybond]

Fitting that was fun.

Side 1 : 1h30

Side 2 : 15mins



I could not for the life of me work out how to get the new pads back in with the little slide metal. Spent 35 minutes looking , removing pads , putting pads back in , scouring with wire wheel to remove corrosion on the carrier.

I then took the carrier off, fitted on a bench and refitted.

Other side was a piece of cake.



Will test drive tomorrow and see if I can stop or not.

The bearing on the nearside rear was absolutely shot to pieces. Spinning the bearing evidenced what felt like grit and also a suprising amount of lateral movement. Much more than the other side.

 

[Bowz]

Same. The pads, the little bar that slides along the bottom, awful.

 

[Matt Cup]

Why did one side take considerably longer than the other? Yet to do mine at some point and it’s been a good few years since I have changed rear pads on a Clio.

 

[andybond]

Why did one side take considerably longer than the other? Yet to do mine at some point and it’s been a good few years since I have changed rear pads on a Clio.

I had to work out how that slide worked on the rear calliper. It’s a PITA.

 

[andybond]

Delighted to report that a lunchtime road test was successful. The car just hums now due to the road noise from the poor NS2Rs