03 Jul 2009, 21:41
If, when you take the rear wheels off, you may find that the actual disc friction material has dropped off the metal plate on one of the handbrake pads - this has happened to both mine and Claire's car! - Claire's still had the friction bit floating around in the caliper, and I glued it back on with super glue, suprisingly it stuck fast and passed MOT, and its still ok now :-).
My D' on the other hand had shed the pad and it had dissappeared somewhere along some road no doubt.
Upshot is, if you do find a missing handbrake pad, then don't bother buying a set (expensive) because I have 3 of them (new), I bought a set of 4 to replace my missing one and only fitted the one that was damaged as the rest were all fine.
Phill
(Claire's Partner, we are about 5 miles from Mansfield BTW)
My D' on the other hand had shed the pad and it had dissappeared somewhere along some road no doubt.
Upshot is, if you do find a missing handbrake pad, then don't bother buying a set (expensive) because I have 3 of them (new), I bought a set of 4 to replace my missing one and only fitted the one that was damaged as the rest were all fine.
Phill
(Claire's Partner, we are about 5 miles from Mansfield BTW)
Phill Wright
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'NUKE', the very last Cavalier made! rescued from a scrap dealer and now restored.
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Vin #6772 'Sorbet'
Avantime 'M4TRA'
Sera 'Tarts Handbag'
95 1.7TD Cavalier 'Mazzie' BIO VXL. Run on 100% Veg oil ... :-)
'NUKE', the very last Cavalier made! rescued from a scrap dealer and now restored.
DOC 233