Brake replacement

**Eric SDV6SE** · 7th March 2019, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by WALRDS

Now just trying to source a torque wrench that will hit 275Nm with breaking the budget, Is Bodsys brake bible correct for the front caliper bolts?

?? Not sure thats correct, I believe the bolts holding the caliper to the hub are only specced to be at 100Nm, well within range of a "standard" torque wrench.

**loanrangie** · 7th March 2019, 09:16 PM

I think its the caliper carrier bolts that are 275nm not the small M8? caliper slider bolts.

**DiscoJeffster** · 7th March 2019, 09:58 PM

Originally Posted by Eric SDV6SE

SparesBox.com.au has a special on TRW Cotec brake pads and RDA rotors

TRW Brake Pads | TRW Australia | TRW Brakes | Sparesbox

They are NOT the ceramic pads. They are a normal pad with the Cotec coating.

**cruiseh** · 7th March 2019, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by WALRDS

I don't mind that standard gear, but i'm just looking for that bit extra due to towing requirements.

Cruiseh, I did look at those, did you machine the rotors the first pad change or just install new pads?

Where did you guys order from? brakes direct have been the cheapest ATM for rotors.

Now just trying to source a torque wrench that will hit 275Nm with breaking the budget, Is Bodsys brake bible correct for the front caliper bolts?

as the rotors were new when i threw bendix pads in, no machining, but the bendix warped them so yes, i had all 4 machined 17k later whn i put the dba pads in. since then, no issues with the rotors..

**WALRDS** · 7th March 2019, 10:01 PM

Originally Posted by Eric SDV6SE

SparesBox.com.au has a special on TRW Cotec brake pads and RDA rotors

TRW Brake Pads | TRW Australia | TRW Brakes | Sparesbox

I ordered these on Tuesday, must of gone on sale the next day, reckon the'll sort out a refund haha

**Ksharrock** · 10th March 2019, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Was that both front and rear ? My rotors/pads came to just over $200 for the fronts as i bought each on sale from different places.

Yes, that was around $550 for both front and rear, pads, rotors and sensor. cheers.

**Fazzalator** · 19th April 2022, 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by PeterJ

Bought some Delios Command 4WD front rotors today, I had previously looked at posts on the forum and these came up a few times and seemed like a good option, I wanted something at the HD end of the market, I do a lot of towing and when I tried to get some 4000 series (heavy duty) DBA rotors recently from Repco I was told they were not available. The rotors for the front are $394 and they also do rear.

Peter

How you finding these Delios rotors? Would prefer to benefit an Aussie company and wanted to see how these are going for you?

PeterJ · 21st April 2022, 08:39 PM

Sorry I can't give you anything definitive about the rotors, soon after I installed them the car developed brake judder (shudder), I initially blamed (suspected) the rotors and because I was running very short of time before we left for a trip to Western Australia I simply had the original rotors machined and put them back in with another set of new pads. Sadly the same thing happened after a few thousand kms, the brakes developed judder hence I have to conclude that the problem was caused by my poor choice of brake pads, plural. I wanted a better performing rotor/pad combination than OE and have basically failed against a number of criteria. I have not been able to get back to sorting through it and trying the next combination which will be back to the Delios rotors and maybe the akebono pads or just OE.
Having said all that, I think the rotors are fine, I did talk to the guys at Delios when I was having problems and they were helpful but not to the extent that they could recommend a pad, which I think is a bit strange especially since I recall discussing pads with them before I bought the rotors. That was a while ago and I could be mistaken, certainly won't be the first time.
Current pads seem to leave deposits on the rotors if you are a light braker (me) and so have to stand on them every so often to clean them up, it's a pita, and overall performance is not the improvement I was hoping for.
This also falls under the "I should know better" because I was involved in brake testing many years ago and I know first hand just how much trial and error goes into OEM selection of pads.
Have fun with that.

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