Fishfire
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 172
Not a clio, as i sold my 172 in favour of the Meg 250.
All been well until now...
So a long story short, my brembos jammed on and cooked a caliper and damaged the rubber on the ball joints.
I've replaced the wishbone, the top and bottom ball joints and abs cable with pattern parts.
The calipers have been refurbished and refitted with new discs and pads.
New genuine renault track rod arm fitted.
Brakes all bleed profesionally at the abs pump, so dramas there.
Tracking was all done yesterday at my local F1 auto centre.
The problems:
- the handling isnt quite right. Under acceleration it pulls to the left, and when you take your foot off the accelerator it pulls back to the right. Its not a big pull, but noticeable.
- the traction control is now overly sensitive, but only when turning left. Any hard turn left and the TC kicks in instantly, but not when turning hard right.
Before I start firing the parts cannon at it, is this likely down to the pattern parts?
I suspect I'll end up buying all genuine renault stuff and do it all again, but thought I'd get the thoughts of the collective first
All been well until now...
So a long story short, my brembos jammed on and cooked a caliper and damaged the rubber on the ball joints.
I've replaced the wishbone, the top and bottom ball joints and abs cable with pattern parts.
The calipers have been refurbished and refitted with new discs and pads.
New genuine renault track rod arm fitted.
Brakes all bleed profesionally at the abs pump, so dramas there.
Tracking was all done yesterday at my local F1 auto centre.
The problems:
- the handling isnt quite right. Under acceleration it pulls to the left, and when you take your foot off the accelerator it pulls back to the right. Its not a big pull, but noticeable.
- the traction control is now overly sensitive, but only when turning left. Any hard turn left and the TC kicks in instantly, but not when turning hard right.
Before I start firing the parts cannon at it, is this likely down to the pattern parts?
I suspect I'll end up buying all genuine renault stuff and do it all again, but thought I'd get the thoughts of the collective first