Will Brembo ever learn?

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ORIGINAL: Neil Haughey

ORIGINAL: wibble

Tell tale signs are pads are difficult to remove and more so when replacing with new (they won't fit!). Also, look for potential seizure of the pad, i.e. rust on one side of the disc. Vagueness, in pulling up at speed.

Tell tale sign of badly corroded rear calipers include the back end locking up and spitting the car sideways at over 100 mph in the braking zone at the end of Silverstones national straight [].

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[Neil Haughey]

ORIGINAL: 944 man

ORIGINAL: Neil Haughey

ORIGINAL: wibble

Tell tale signs are pads are difficult to remove and more so when replacing with new (they won't fit!). Also, look for potential seizure of the pad, i.e. rust on one side of the disc. Vagueness, in pulling up at speed.

Tell tale sign of badly corroded rear calipers include the back end locking up and spitting the car sideways at over 100 mph in the braking zone at the end of Silverstones national straight []. Its the dust and all that, a dodgy caliper whilst seeming to work OK can very quickly become a liability. The really odd thing is that last Autumn I couldn't budge the car even cold yet when I came to look at it and the same now it rolls around easily. Very odd.

Have you got a bias adjuster Neil?  Some regs prohibit them, but you can usually get around that either by fitting them out of the drivers reach; or better by lock-wiring them for the race.


Simon

I still run ABS on the car which does work or rather it definitely was working and I haven't seen the light on. When we tested at Mallory it worked exactly as expected giving the occasional chirp from the rear tyres on down changes or over bumps. Never been quite right ever since though. Was awful at Snett when I just couldn't brake hard without the rears binding on and releasing a fraction of a second after coming of the pedal which makes a smooth release on corner entry impossible. Its my fault really as Kev said to me ages ago they were the most corroded rears he had ever seen and will need renovating.

 

[sawood12]

Anyone know of anywhere that stocks Brembo caliper parts? Seat don't seem to be able to supply parts for Brembo calipers - all they can do is to offer to sell my mate replacement calipers? All he needs are replacement caliper plates and screws.

 

[Neil Haughey]

ISTR the Brembo UK place is on the trading estate around Silverstone, just up from GPR?

 

[Frenchy]

I managed to buy pistons and dust rubbers from OPC a couple of years ago, they may sell the plates, but the plates will square up in a vice after you have got them out, that is the big (Ba**tard) job !
The problem is the alloy corrosion under the plates pushing them against the pads.

 

[rcsalmons]

"Mode" as Neils says at Silverstone are a Brembo dealer. The guy use to look after Brembo bits for GPR.

If the button heads are the same as 944 then screwfix - they are M6 x 16

Rich

 

[Neil Haughey]

http://www.modeperformance.co.uk/