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Re: O/s brake oscillation/fluctuation
« Reply #15 on: 16 September 2018, 08:55:09 »

Discs on mine are about due for replacement but I have had it for 7yrs and they weren't new when I bought it.


mine was the same; I got over seven years and 50k miles out of the discs and pads paid for by the previous owner. If I was wearing out brakes and tyres at the rates regularly quoted here, I would have to seriously consider swapping my driving licence for a bus pass.
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Re: O/s brake oscillation/fluctuation
« Reply #16 on: 16 September 2018, 08:55:38 »

Discs on mine are about due for replacement but I have had it for 7yrs and they weren't new when I bought it.
Normally on Omegas, for those not too heavy on brakes, the inside face corrodes badly, so you still don't see much beyond 3-4yrs :(
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Re: O/s brake oscillation/fluctuation
« Reply #17 on: 16 September 2018, 08:56:54 »

If I was wearing out brakes and tyres at the rates regularly quoted here, I would have to seriously consider swapping my driving licence for a bus pass.
Milton Keynes does not help, nor do autos.


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Re: O/s brake oscillation/fluctuation
« Reply #18 on: 16 September 2018, 09:48:44 »

If I was wearing out brakes and tyres at the rates regularly quoted here, I would have to seriously consider swapping my driving licence for a bus pass.
Milton Keynes does not help, nor do autos.


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I wasn't limiting that to just cars.
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Re: O/s brake oscillation/fluctuation
« Reply #19 on: 16 September 2018, 09:50:32 »

Discs on mine are about due for replacement but I have had it for 7yrs and they weren't new when I bought it.
Normally on Omegas, for those not too heavy on brakes, the inside face corrodes badly, so you still don't see much beyond 3-4yrs :(


That's not a specific Omega characteristic, but is true of all single piston sliding calipers.
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Re: O/s brake oscillation/fluctuation
« Reply #20 on: 16 September 2018, 16:04:42 »

If I was wearing out brakes and tyres at the rates regularly quoted here, I would have to seriously consider swapping my driving licence for a bus pass.
Milton Keynes does not help, nor do autos.


'onest, guv


I wasn't limiting that to just cars.
Not sure I follow?  What other brakes am I eating through...
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Re: O/s brake oscillation/fluctuation
« Reply #21 on: 16 September 2018, 16:06:38 »

Discs on mine are about due for replacement but I have had it for 7yrs and they weren't new when I bought it.
Normally on Omegas, for those not too heavy on brakes, the inside face corrodes badly, so you still don't see much beyond 3-4yrs :(


That's not a specific Omega characteristic, but is true of all single piston sliding calipers.
Indeed, but GM vehicles seem worse to me. For example, my old R25 was ingle piston IIRC, but the last front discs to go on that were done under warranty, so must have been within the first 3yrs, and we had it for 12yrs.
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Re: O/s brake oscillation/fluctuation
« Reply #22 on: 16 September 2018, 16:15:34 »

If I was wearing out brakes and tyres at the rates regularly quoted here, I would have to seriously consider swapping my driving licence for a bus pass.
Milton Keynes does not help, nor do autos.


'onest, guv


I wasn't limiting that to just cars.
Not sure I follow?  What other brakes am I eating through...


I meant me! I'm just not hard on machinery
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