200 brembos

[Liam_200]

Anyone know how good the brembos on a 200 should be? My brake pedal is going solid when heavy braking and the car doesn't really do the whole slow down there's a roundabout ahead very well, presume they just need bled or something cause the brakes on my Gt are much sharper but surely the brembos should be even better? Cheers!

 

[Chi]

Depends on pads I reckon

 

[Joe#]

I'd bleed the system and give the pads a good clean, then go from there.

 

[Liam_200]

Will pull the pads out tomorrow and take it from there. It's honestly terrible, feels like I'm not going to stop lol

 

[MartinR]

Seized/jammed inside pad, Whap them out and file a couple of mm off each end then refit.

 

[Liam_200]

Cheers boys will have a look tomorrow weather permitting lol

 

[Gaz_]

Seized pads/pins as mentioned

they should be stripped once a year IMO.

 

[Liam_200]

Just bought the car on Friday and have 60 days warranty, think it's worth putting it into the dealer to get done or just do it myself?

 

[Gaz_]

It's easy enough IF the pins aren't seized in. If they are they are, they are a t**t to remove, sometimes they need to be cut out, and a new set bought. Not cheap either (circa £60 ish iirc)

 

[Liam_200]

Will have a look and if they don't budge they can go back to the dealer but it's a bit of a hassle giving them it lol cheers for the info!

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

Some good advice in here mate, hope you get sorted

 

[172lover]

Stainless steel pins.... So these won't rust and seize


http://www.meganesport.net/community/showthread.php?67865-Mr-Pink-s-250-brake-pins-interest

(won't fit 406 brembo's if anyone's wondering )

 

[Liam_200]

Thanks again! 172lover will they fit mines? Not familiar with typed of brembos haha

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

^ yes they'll fit yours as the RS Meganes use the same Brembo caliper mate . You would want the ones for the 225/230 bhp model Meganes from that link

 

[Liam_200]

Nice one mate definitely worth investing in by the sounds of things lol

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

The inner pads may just need filing a bit , so see if that cures it before buying anything

The pins can be reused (if they come out ok)

Also as its under warranty , you may want to let the garage do it. If it does need new pins etc and you've been tinkering I doubt they'll want to pay for any new ones .

 

[Liam_200]

Think I'm going to call the garage tomorrow and get them to sort it mate, saves me the time and money (if I do need new pins/pads) definitely worth keeping that link handy though as when the time comes to change the discs/pads I will probably just stick the stainless pins in aswell to save hassle in the future so cheers for the link!