disc backing plate

[Bigbird]

Hi all can someone tell me whats with the front disc rotor backing plates that like breaking off there mounts,mine has done it and so has my mates,is this a fault? do i buy new ones or do i just pull them off......wes.

[Carslil Jim]

I assume you mean the disc brake shield that is there to keep crap off the discs? Do you have a lot of vibration up front? I would not throw them away! weld them up with a bit of reinforcing....and paint the weld so it does not rust.

[Reads90]

Take them off and throw them away

More Hassle than they are worth . The clips always rust away or stones get caught beteen them and the Disc and make a hell of a noise. Or they bend slighly and then touch the disc make a horrid noise you spend ages trying to find

Normally in the Uk they fall of with in a couple of years anyway