You need to write up exactly what you did for those rear brakes! Ever since you mentioned doing it I've had the parts waiting😂
Got some MK3 Clio rear calipers with new discs, handbrake cables, sensors and lines too. Got a rebuild kit for the calipers as well but they're the smaller piston type as I don't wanna go overkill with the rear brakes. Best thing is theyre the same pad as MK2 PH2 Megane or MK3 so plenty of pad options!
Its fairly straight forward but there are quite a few changes that had to be made. Firstly the bolt spacing for the hubs, the scenic hubs are the same for the top 2 bolts but bottom 2 are slightly more narrow and down, I used a die grinder and took my time, made sure to keep putting the hubs back on so I knew I was taking away what was needed. What you could also do is use a drill with a guide, this would probably be the best and quickest way to do this and you could get the holes perfect, I didnt really have the tools to make it as you need to drill out the middle of a plate.
Then were the abs sensors, the hubs had to be slightly grinded for the abs sensors to fit and for them to be the correct distance away from the rings. I had to also use a washer between them as they were fouling on the rings otherwise. As you can see, they are angled the wrong way in the hubs, but there was enough length of cable for this to work and I used some p clips under the bolt into the sensor to secure the cable. I also notched the beam to make room for the sensor and so that they can be removed without having to remove the hubs. The hubs being internally threaded and the sensors being easily removed make this a really easy setup to work on!
Brake lines I thought theres no point in running the 2 small flexis as I wasnt enthusiastic on making hard lines at the time so opted for braided, I used atec fittings and some fibreglass sleeve for protection near the exhaust and to give some extra abrasion protection. I did a bit of a custom jobby and used black and gold in the 90deg swivel fittings because no other reason than it looks good 😄
Handbrake cables were just a case of running an o/s for the n/s and re routing the o/s under the fuel tank, its secure for now but Id like to come back to it and see if I can get a longer one made to use the same routing. Because the way the calipers are mounted the cables run over the top rather than at the bottom.
With all the parts this could be done in a day, took me longer as I kept bumping into 'issues' though they were all easily sorted.
The discs are 274mm so a fair bit larger than oem! Im running 300mm up front but with the tds will have to go back down to 280. May seem overkill but firstly they look awesome in the wheels! 😄 I always thought the oem discs look a bit like bicycle disc brakes. But most importantly is how they are mounted to the beam, its a far stronger setup now and scrolling a few posts up you can see why I was eager to get this setup on. Also a bigger bearing so should be more reliable on track. More pad options and cheaper too being 197 calipers and what a lot of other cars use.
That’s interesting.
I didn’t realise there was options to change these other than the Clio versions. That’s why I went for PMS billet Twingo kit.
What size discs and bearing you now running?
Im not sure of the bearing size but Im under the impression its bigger. I need to find out the exact info for them.
Yes Ive read your thread and saw you used them. Your build is awesome! And like the recent garage overhaul, makes all the difference.
BCs are now on. I removed the coilover and upright as one so my camber didnt get thrown out, not easy holding the whole thing with one hand and doing them up with the other!
