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need some help finding the right brake disc to purchase

richie60
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15 Apr 2012 14:25 #37629 by richie60

Replied by richie60 on topic Re: need some help finding the right brake disc to purchase

great tip. will have a closer look at that. if it was a seized caliper, would that not affect braking performance in any way? Mine feels ok when braking, ie slows down without too much foot pressure, also, the vehicle has only seen road use so probably would not accumulate too much crud around the pads, but i will have a good look anyway...

richie

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15 Apr 2012 18:35 #37658 by facade

Replied by facade on topic Re: need some help finding the right brake disc to purchase

What actually seizes are the sliding pins, with rubber boots on each end. Clean them up and grease with rubber grease NOT copaslip. Copaslip makes the rubber boots swell up and seizes the slide pins....

If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there

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16 Apr 2012 14:33 #37740 by adamatdraycott

Replied by adamatdraycott on topic Re: need some help finding the right brake disc to purchase

I must be very very light on brakes... i'm on the factory fitted discs after 52,000 miles and only chnaged the pads from the factory fitted ones about 3k ago!

I do tend to drop down through the box rather than standing on the anchors though

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