11-10-2012, 05:32 PM
My brakes were squealing like mad when driving round town (brakes off), so when i was refurbing my wheels, I stripped the pads off for a look.
Note that I didn't fit them all that long ago. Maybe 5 months?
The discs are shot, they've gone all wavy.
The paint on the back of the pads was bubbling up, so I just removed it and put some copper grease on there.
And then I found this.. :S The friction material is coming off on the inboard pads.
![[Image: 8071869140_83c40d4887.jpg]](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8182/8071869140_83c40d4887.jpg)
IMG_2178 by Jonny_Moore91, on Flickr
So I rang Mintex, told them about the issue etc..
They rang back today and I was given some very helpful information from two of their technical team.. Basically telling me I drive too hard and I've cooked them
But interestingly, they don't recommend any sort of performance disk (drilled/grooved Etc..), just that I upgrade the pads (1144's) and new disks.
Now here's the bit I'm concerned about. I don't brake. Not often anyway. Ask people who've been in the car with me, I'm generally a very smooth driver.
Also, I've only experienced a bit of fade twice, once driving in Wales behind a guy who kept randomly hanging up for corners on the passes, I had 3 people and 3 bikes in the car. And the other time when I was really hooning the A82 in Scotland.
So do I get some new disks, 1144's and give it a go, or do I go for something else?
Note that I didn't fit them all that long ago. Maybe 5 months?
The discs are shot, they've gone all wavy.
The paint on the back of the pads was bubbling up, so I just removed it and put some copper grease on there.
And then I found this.. :S The friction material is coming off on the inboard pads.
IMG_2178 by Jonny_Moore91, on Flickr
So I rang Mintex, told them about the issue etc..
They rang back today and I was given some very helpful information from two of their technical team.. Basically telling me I drive too hard and I've cooked them
But interestingly, they don't recommend any sort of performance disk (drilled/grooved Etc..), just that I upgrade the pads (1144's) and new disks.Now here's the bit I'm concerned about. I don't brake. Not often anyway. Ask people who've been in the car with me, I'm generally a very smooth driver.
Also, I've only experienced a bit of fade twice, once driving in Wales behind a guy who kept randomly hanging up for corners on the passes, I had 3 people and 3 bikes in the car. And the other time when I was really hooning the A82 in Scotland.
So do I get some new disks, 1144's and give it a go, or do I go for something else?
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