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Mori Man
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Re: Yikes!!

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Your needing to overhaul your calipers, the pads themselves are wearing unevenly so one part is heating up a lot more than the rest and looks to be at the fracture point too.

I just cleaned up mine the other day and what a difference - didn't think the brakes were bad before but just doing the MOT made me overhaul them, now back to one finger braking !

Will now monitor when I start to use my full grip and stay on top of it :oops:

Close shave and very observant of you - most would have ignored and found themselves saying hello to a roundabout wondering what the fug had just happened :smt017

But pump those pistons out (not fully) and give them a good scrub and a light smear with silicone grease and push back in.

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Re: Yikes!!

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It wasnt too long ago (3 or 4 months) that id done that to them. But re did them anyway.

Previously i had pushed them out and gave them a thorough clean, but im sure id managed to get some air in when bleeding them so werent so great. But I changed the fluid while i was at it the other day and the feel is significantly better as is the amount of retardation im getting too, so the pads are already showing an improvement and they havent even bedded in yet.

Id heard ABE were good at what they do but like to take thier time doing it and werent very reliable, thats the first ive heard about the quality of thier work tho.
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Re: Yikes!!

Post by crushedlizard »

shocking

That is beyond a brown moment. Christ, you would have been expelling fluids out of every orifice if that had happened at speed!
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