need to make sure the claiper is moving and operating correctly. the caliper sliders on the rear are one big failing which is fixable, and the other issue which will mean caliper replacement is a faulty ratcheting mechanism on the handbrake (inside the caliper)
also, I'd be concerned that the hub nut hadn't been torqued correctly
When I wound the piston back in the calipers slid backwards and forwards very easily. One thing I did notice though was that the Drivers side piston was no where near as easy to wind in as the passengers side piston. I could probs have done the passenger side with my hands, drivers one was a bit more stiff.
Another thing I did notice is the dust cover over the rear piston is leaking slightly, but that was on the other side (passenger) not drivers. I've put copper slip on all the non contact breaking parts.
What do you mean RE your last point? I fitted them myself but when I took it to birchdown I asked if they would check the spacer ring etc was fitted properly because I wasn't sure if i put it back the right way. They torqued them all up properly (its 75nm isn't it? cant' remember off the top of my head.
You caught that just in time! What brand are the discs? With the pads wearing down that fast, it has surely has to be a caliper issue. Is your MPG suffering?
They were genuine Renault discs mate. I only ever buy oem or oem+. MPG i didn't notice anything drastic. I got 42mpg London > Sheffield on Friday night
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good job you noticed that mate. Could have caused more issues. Surely if the pads were catching that bad you'd have heard it?
I didn't hear a thing if they were catching. The only thing that made me check the brakes were them splitting in two, as when I was breaking I could hear a knocking noise. I saw it straight away when I whipped the wheel off. Bit gutted tbh as I needed to be at work tomorrow down south, so i'm going to have to rush around in the morning to get this fixed.
I have prepped the sub axel etc and wound the pistons back, just going to put the brake pads together onto that metal slider thing now tonight. Hopefully when I get the disc I can quickly just bolt it all together.
Quick questions while you're here jonny - When I fitted these discs previously, I was torquing the big bolt in the middle up, and I heard quiet a loud click. Is this normal (someone said it will just be the bearings pressing into place?)
Also when I torqued them up, the wheel wouldn't spin at all so I had to loosen it off abit.
I'm trying to understand what i did wrong last time so i don't f**k it up again this time around.
