Best Brake pads !!
Originally Posted by
garybrook
I pulled down the front right corner for replacing the ball joints and during the process I noticed that the ventilated disc was barely worn, yet the outer surface had one 2" surface crack. The casting doesn't seem to have cracked through to the ventilated space and is not cracked on the inner. I'll have to check the other 3 corners later as the car is sitting on 3 tyres with 3 more stands but all new discs were the Brembo brand. Has anyone had similar problems with surface cracks of any brands, and why do they surface crack? I haven't towed at all since I installed these brakes, and they brakes haven't got even warm since then, so .... I went to the local brake supplier in Woden and found they could order discs for the P38, RDA for $100 for one front single disc, but I thought that none were cast, heat treated or machined in Australia any more. So all are manufactured and imported, mostly from China, including DBA or any other no-name ones, or aren't they?
on my VW transporter I recently had a disc disintegrate (one side only)
I had a little bit of a shudder every time I braked and when investigated by a mechanic friend we found that the shock had leaked oil out and assumed that caused the problem
A week later I heard a couple of clunks under the car and when I braked a loud “wirring” sound
When I pulled over and had a look I could not see a problem as it was the inner side of the disc and the van is so low I couldn’t get my head around to look from the inner of the car
I drove home only using the handbrake and gears to find the problem when the van was jacked up
We now realise the shudder must have been a cracked disc☹️
1985 110 Dual Cab 4.6 R380 ARB Lockers (currently NIS due to roof kissing road)
1985 110 Station Wagon 3.5 LT85 (unmolested blank canvas)
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