Chiveroni
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Hi all
Just had one of those "oh sh..." moments that I guess we all dread. Beautiful weather so I thought I'd take the opportunity to replace the handbrake shoes with the new ones that I recently purchased. Everything came apart easily but my heart sank when I saw the state of the shoes and the inside of the disk (also the state of brake pad but that comes further down in this message). What on earth could have caused this damage to the shoes and the disk:
Also, the inside face of the disk is not good and neither is the inside brake pad - some very weird damage and uneven wear:
However, the outside face of the disk and the outside pad are fine:
So - obviously I need a new disk (if the other disk is OK can I get away with one disk or should I always change as a pair? I guess I know the answer...). And I also need new pads.
But before I go ahead and replace the disks, pads and shoes I'd like to try and understand what could be causing this so that it doesn't simply happen again. Does anyone have any thoughts? It passed its MOT 2 weeks ago - is this safe to drive? It's onbiously been like this for a while and it's been stopping OK.
I haven't checked the other rear wheel - didn't have the stomach for it :-(
@conaero - my daughter just started at a boarding school down the road from you guys. How long would you need the car to swap both rear disks, pads and brake shoes. If it's safe to drive then it might just make more sense to make an appointment with the professionals whilst I visit her.....
Thx everyone.
Right - where did I leave that beer.......
Just had one of those "oh sh..." moments that I guess we all dread. Beautiful weather so I thought I'd take the opportunity to replace the handbrake shoes with the new ones that I recently purchased. Everything came apart easily but my heart sank when I saw the state of the shoes and the inside of the disk (also the state of brake pad but that comes further down in this message). What on earth could have caused this damage to the shoes and the disk:
Also, the inside face of the disk is not good and neither is the inside brake pad - some very weird damage and uneven wear:
However, the outside face of the disk and the outside pad are fine:
So - obviously I need a new disk (if the other disk is OK can I get away with one disk or should I always change as a pair? I guess I know the answer...). And I also need new pads.
But before I go ahead and replace the disks, pads and shoes I'd like to try and understand what could be causing this so that it doesn't simply happen again. Does anyone have any thoughts? It passed its MOT 2 weeks ago - is this safe to drive? It's onbiously been like this for a while and it's been stopping OK.
I haven't checked the other rear wheel - didn't have the stomach for it :-(
@conaero - my daughter just started at a boarding school down the road from you guys. How long would you need the car to swap both rear disks, pads and brake shoes. If it's safe to drive then it might just make more sense to make an appointment with the professionals whilst I visit her.....
Thx everyone.
Right - where did I leave that beer.......