susser Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 Today, Sprog called to say his brakes had failed. Went off with a bang at about 65 knots (Fortunately he had an escape route.) Got the car Recoveried home and found one of the pads had shed it's friction pad.here Looks like there is some rust under the material which has forced the friction material away from the backing. Hard braking then sheared the pad lining off. They were down to 6mil and so were coming off soon anyway. Some questions arising; Is the crazing and cracking of the other pads here due to his lead footed driving, or are the pads (Jurid) just not as good as the proper (ATE) jobs ?. Or some other ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 Hmm - are you sure you didn't mix up your photos with some from the path-lab? Looks like a smokers-lung to me, not a brake pad... Project Scope-Creep is live... Alcester Racing 7's Equipe - 🙆🏻™ Alcester-Racing-Sevens.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susser Posted June 12, 2005 Author Share Posted June 12, 2005 No. When I get confused it goes like this here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 😬 Seen that before, but Project Scope-Creep is live... Alcester Racing 7's Equipe - 🙆🏻™ Alcester-Racing-Sevens.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 Looksa like they have been cooked. Had a similar failure although no tquite as frightening in the Vectra a couple of years back, and again with some ferrodo pads in the rear of the seven earlier this year. Suggest he either A. Slows down so not having to brake as much / hard. B. Fits better brake pads / discs. C. gets a taxi 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susser Posted June 12, 2005 Author Share Posted June 12, 2005 Mav Thanks. He's still got to learn that gentle touch; he's a bit harsh on the equipment. I've got another set of those pads in the garage, due to go on mine. I'll get some gen ATE jobs. Paul PS It's nearly a year now since I saw you and Norman and Co Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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susser Posted June 14, 2005 Author Share Posted June 14, 2005 Went and sent Sprog on remote control to the local BMW main dealer to get a set of pukker pads. £29. That's not out of the way. Shoulda known better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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