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corsajay88

posted on 6th Dec 12 at 20:37

Sorted bled them and its passed. Brake force on the mot sheet has gone up by a lot. Brales feel a hundred times better. The last 4 milage proved its a genuine 57k which I'm happy about


corsajay88

posted on 5th Dec 12 at 20:44

it doesn't pull to one side when braking and the discs don't look unevenly worn.


IvIarkgraham

posted on 5th Dec 12 at 20:00

if the discs look different then its a major problem.

have you not noticed it pulling in one direction when braking?

strip down calipers and rebuild, or replace them with ready refurbed units.

there is places that will take your old ones in exchange if you want to cut the cost :D


corsajay88

posted on 5th Dec 12 at 17:48

quote:
Originally posted by andy_mk3
Strip brakes down, clean up all the contect areas where the pad sits, clean the caliper slides, make sure the caliper piston moves back nicely. And put it all back with some copper grease and bleeding the brakes wouldn't hurt either.


This is what I was planning to do one of the discs does look dirty compared to the other one. Thanks hopefully this will fix it. Not to bad really was dreading the mot


corsajay88

posted on 5th Dec 12 at 17:46

Think it an imbalance between front left and right rather than front and back thanks anyway


andy_mk3

posted on 5th Dec 12 at 17:45

Strip brakes down, clean up all the contect areas where the pad sits, clean the caliper slides, make sure the caliper piston moves back nicely. And put it all back with some copper grease and bleeding the brakes wouldn't hurt either.


Christopher

posted on 5th Dec 12 at 17:42

Think i had this on mine! Think its becase theres a spring that you use to adjust the amount of pressure sent to the front and rears and when i lowered mine it stretched the spring so it was basically only breaking on the front! Not sure though bud!


corsajay88

posted on 5th Dec 12 at 17:29

As above corsa failed mot on front brake imbalance. It has v6 brakes on. Anyone know the cause and a fix for this. The discs are pretty new and pads in good condition