Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
In response to my earlier thread...
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=216012&highlight=mofo
I tied-in a look at the front pads with an oil and filter change yesterday. And the results were horrendous.
I'm actually shocked and disgusted at myself that I've allowed them to get this bad, though the warning signs have been there for some time. :dapprove:
There was the obvious noise from the thread above and the fact that the car was on it's original set after 29k miles. I guess you just get complacent and allow more distance for your braking - without even realising it.
Because it was late-on Saturday afternoon and Reno spares work like 1-hour a week, I was really limited to getting a replacement set. The only ones I could find locally (and quickly) were a set from Halfords, which I thought would cover me in the interim until I get a proper set of discs and pads sorted out.
We also removed the front discs completely and cleaned up and surface-rust residue as to provide the new pads with the flattest surface possible.
Needless to say, even before they have bedded-in properly, the front-end bite is easily twice as effective as before. The shock realisation again, kicks in as to how bad things were up front.
If anyone else has similar problems, or even begins to question how good their brakes are - for god's sake, get them looked at. A complete set of replacement cheapo pads was only £25 for the front and from a technical point of view, they aren't difficult to do.
Just don't risk it like I have and realise how much of a t1t you've been. You never know when that one time where you need to stamp on the brakes, will arrive.
One wafer-thin pad...
Grooves that have be scored into the pad itself (I guess this was the squealing in my initial post?)...
Worst of all - this pad had completely dettached....
D.
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=216012&highlight=mofo
I tied-in a look at the front pads with an oil and filter change yesterday. And the results were horrendous.
I'm actually shocked and disgusted at myself that I've allowed them to get this bad, though the warning signs have been there for some time. :dapprove:
There was the obvious noise from the thread above and the fact that the car was on it's original set after 29k miles. I guess you just get complacent and allow more distance for your braking - without even realising it.
Because it was late-on Saturday afternoon and Reno spares work like 1-hour a week, I was really limited to getting a replacement set. The only ones I could find locally (and quickly) were a set from Halfords, which I thought would cover me in the interim until I get a proper set of discs and pads sorted out.
We also removed the front discs completely and cleaned up and surface-rust residue as to provide the new pads with the flattest surface possible.
Needless to say, even before they have bedded-in properly, the front-end bite is easily twice as effective as before. The shock realisation again, kicks in as to how bad things were up front.
If anyone else has similar problems, or even begins to question how good their brakes are - for god's sake, get them looked at. A complete set of replacement cheapo pads was only £25 for the front and from a technical point of view, they aren't difficult to do.
Just don't risk it like I have and realise how much of a t1t you've been. You never know when that one time where you need to stamp on the brakes, will arrive.
One wafer-thin pad...
Grooves that have be scored into the pad itself (I guess this was the squealing in my initial post?)...
Worst of all - this pad had completely dettached....
D.
