seanmooney17 Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 I posted this up before about my brake disks. I have yet again warped another bloody set of brake disks and i am getting pissed off big time, cause the disks i was getting where 60 quid a set and as you's all know 60 quids just dont groen on trees.Wat to do now anyone?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The subtle modder Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 surely this is impossible style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":confused:" border="0" alt="confused.gif" /> even if you werent wearing them in oproperly you cant be doing them in that fast surely ? style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":o" border="0" alt="ohmy.gif" />wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardaft Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Ive had 4 sets of discs in just about a year and a half on my 1.0S Arosa, and im still no further forward style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":huh:" border="0" alt="huh.gif" /> Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmooney17 Posted December 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 like someone on the site told me one other time about holding the brakes at traffic lights instead of using the hand brake and also hitting puddles, and ive been very carefull not to any of that. I've got vented disks and i'm seriously thinking of going for drilled and groved disks. Iknow its gonna eat the bloody pads but, like the having to buy disks and pads every time is too costly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one litre wonder ;) Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 drilled discs tend to crack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmooney17 Posted December 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 My mate that i'm buyin them off says that is a myth. They only crack if some tube buys a set of disks and drills them him self. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardaft Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 I have also tried not holding the brakes on at junctions etc but they still distorted. however on a long drive, about 200 motorway miles without a stop, when i pressed the brake to slow they were vibrating like mad, so im putting mine down to a bent hub which keeps one part of the disc in contact with the pads and therefore distorts it.Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmooney17 Posted December 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 sur the hubs have nothing to do with the disks. Did you clip a kerb or anything, or buckled a wheel?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardaft Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 sur the hubs have nothing to do with the disks. Did you clip a kerb or anything, or buckled a wheel??No ive not hit anything. When its replacement engine was fitted under waranty, i picked it up and the f/o/s wheel bearing had gone, so they replaced it, and ever since that its been going through brake discs every few months, so i think they have either bent something or something isnt fitted correctly.I need to get it sorted as the drakes are done in again.Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmooney17 Posted December 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 some said to me that to see if the calipers are not lined up correctly. If it is off line then one pade will brake more than the other and end up warping the disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardaft Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 Well from the same wheel there is sometimes a intermittent squeal from that wheel (not when braking), which i thought was the pads rubbing the disc constantly, and also sometimes when slowing down slowly there is a knocking from that wheel which seems to be brake related as well.Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmooney17 Posted December 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 aye i have that squeaking too but i dont know if its a wheel bearing needing replaced or its just the disks are warped and are rubbing off the pads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardaft Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 The wheel bearing usually makes a droaning noise, and it goes when i fit new pads but then returns.What engine has your Arosa got? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmooney17 Posted December 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 1.0l Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardaft Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 1.0lHave you had vented discs fitted or where they standard on earlier ones?My 03 reg 1.0 only has solid discs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmooney17 Posted December 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 i have to get it looked at after x-mass. I might look about up grading calipers, disks pads, the whole bloody lot.Na mine is vented. It came with vented disks when i bought it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardaft Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 i have to get it looked at after x-mass. I might look about up grading calipers, disks pads, the whole bloody lot.Na mine is vented. It came with vented disks when i bought it.Thats odd i wonder why they wernt on the mk2 then, lupos have vented discs i knowChris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The subtle modder Posted December 15, 2006 Report Share Posted December 15, 2006 we still havent solved why yours seems the only 1.0 arosa with vented discs style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":confused:" border="0" alt="confused.gif" /> heres an idea take the discs off and swap sides see if that makes any difference? i have never apart from cardaft style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> heard about anyone getting through discs in such a short time i know many lads who drive tuned minis runing on standard 8.4 solid discs and they last well over a year with hard driving with just pad changes i dont get what either of you could be doing wrong style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":huh:" border="0" alt="huh.gif" />wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmooney17 Posted December 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2006 I dono y they are vented, when i got the car they came vented, prob the previous owner put them on it. and when they warped the first time i just said to the mechanic to put the same type of ones on again. Any one else out there with a 1.0l mk1 arosa with vented brake disks??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardaft Posted December 17, 2006 Report Share Posted December 17, 2006 we still havent solved why yours seems the only 1.0 arosa with vented discs style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":confused:" border="0" alt="confused.gif" /> heres an idea take the discs off and swap sides see if that makes any difference? i have never apart from cardaft style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> i dont get what either of you could be doing wrong style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":huh:" border="0" alt="huh.gif" />wayneI wish i knew, mine are soo bad at the moment, braking from anything above 40 and the brake pedal and steering wheel just vibrate, surely thats not good for steering bushes etc?Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXXXtreme arosa Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 lol this thread makes me chuckle! drilled discs can crack but your looking at supercars and track cars mainly, just go for some grooved disks. and matching pads from the same brand is alway advisable for matched friction. maybe its just the combination of disks and pads you two are using. what brands are you using??? wheel bearings drone when there ****ed but can squeak and squeel if there wearing out. if its droning youve cracked a ball bearing or two. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardaft Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 I think mine has motorquip discs and i think the pads are the same, i dont think the problem is the cheap brakes though as the originals warped after my wheel bearing was changed.It is soo bad now though, even at slow speed the cars slows in a series or jerks and at about 40 the vibration through the pedal and wheel is really bad.Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfbr Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 90% of warped discs are caused by the hub not being propperly cleaned before fitting the new disc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmooney17 Posted December 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 well lads i ran up the crowd that i got the disks off the last time and they are sending me out a new set free of charge style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> getting them fitted in the new year. hopefully they wont do it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardaft Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 well lads i ran up the crowd that i got the disks off the last time and they are sending me out a new set free of charge style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> getting them fitted in the new year. hopefully they wont do it again.I have dont that on the last set of discs, they were set away for testing and came back that they were faulty, but the new set has done it again so i think its the car.Just have to go easier on the brakes for the time being.Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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