I took my 206cc in for a service and the garage called to say the brakes needed attention,anyway when I got the car back they had changed the metal discs as well as the pads,is this normal,can the metal discs wear out?I know they had a bit of wear.
Thanks.
Brake Discs.
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Jussi
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GrandadMonkey
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Still not many I guess. The island he lives on is tiny and he'd only done 15000k in Jan 06. Guess the salt in the sea air gets to the discs and corrodes them.
Ron
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GrandadMonkey
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Hi again,
The action of braking wears both the pads and the discs. Pads always used to wear out first but since asbestos was banned the new compound pads seem to wear the discs quicker. I generally would expect discs to last at least a couple of renewals of pads before the discs themselves need replacing.
However, if you did allow your pads to completely wear out it could permit metal to metal contact between the pad backing plate and the disc, and this would score the disc. You would then need new discs as well as pads. You would get scraping and squealing noises which would make the metal to metal contact pretty obvious though.
Your particular environment, with the salty sea air, means that your discs are likely to suffer much quicker corrosion, hence the need to replace them after quite a low mileage.
Are your brakes better now that you've had the work done?
Ron
The action of braking wears both the pads and the discs. Pads always used to wear out first but since asbestos was banned the new compound pads seem to wear the discs quicker. I generally would expect discs to last at least a couple of renewals of pads before the discs themselves need replacing.
However, if you did allow your pads to completely wear out it could permit metal to metal contact between the pad backing plate and the disc, and this would score the disc. You would then need new discs as well as pads. You would get scraping and squealing noises which would make the metal to metal contact pretty obvious though.
Your particular environment, with the salty sea air, means that your discs are likely to suffer much quicker corrosion, hence the need to replace them after quite a low mileage.
Are your brakes better now that you've had the work done?
Ron
Ron
"If it ain't broke don't fix it!"
Golf 1.5 Tsi Evo SE Nav Estate Atlantic Blue
Polo 1.0 SEL DSG Reef Blue (wife's)
(Previously owned a 2005 206CC 1.6 Allure Moonstone for 10 years)
"If it ain't broke don't fix it!"
Golf 1.5 Tsi Evo SE Nav Estate Atlantic Blue
Polo 1.0 SEL DSG Reef Blue (wife's)
(Previously owned a 2005 206CC 1.6 Allure Moonstone for 10 years)