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Title: Busy day tomorrow.......
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 21 January 2008, 19:49:46
I intend to change front and rear pads......rear pads are low....

I think the front are even lower  ::) I'm getting a loud squeak coming from the front at low speed....which stops as soon as i touch the brakes.....i did think wheel bearing......but as the squeak stops when touching the brakes.....im going for pads. They've done nearly 30k miles  ::)
Tho im not getting any pad warning on the mid.......so when I take that side wheel off, i'll take a pic of the sensor and post it, in case ive fitted it wrongly....and hence no warning.

Also Must remember to send Martin back his LPG lead......sorry for the delay  :-[

And If i get time.......do my tax return  ::) ;D
Title: Re: Busy day tomorrow.......
Post by: miggy on 21 January 2008, 19:51:31
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I intend to change front and rear pads......rear pads are low....

I think the front are even lower  ::) I'm getting a loud squeak coming from the front at low speed....which stops as soon as i touch the brakes.....i did think wheel bearing......but as the squeak stops when touching the brakes.....im going for pads. They've done nearly 30k miles  ::)
Tho im not getting any pad warning on the mid.......so when I take that side wheel off, i'll take a pic of the sensor and post it, in case ive fitted it wrongly....and hence no warning.

Also Must remember to send Martin back his LPG lead......sorry for the delay  :-[

And If i get time.......do my tax return  ::) ;D

Dont let tax be taxing..............the tinkers
Title: Re: Busy day tomorrow.......
Post by: Dazzler on 21 January 2008, 19:55:10
You don't get a low pad warning until the sensor has been destroyed, daft idea by Vx that one >:(
Title: Re: Busy day tomorrow.......
Post by: Martin_1962 on 21 January 2008, 20:15:08
Just thinking about that yesterday, want to try really low changeover temperature as an experiment
Title: Re: Busy day tomorrow.......
Post by: Dazzler on 21 January 2008, 20:18:25
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Just thinking about that yesterday, want to try really low changeover temperature as an experiment
:-?
Title: Re: Busy day tomorrow.......
Post by: Kevin Wood on 21 January 2008, 20:33:19
Squealing that disappears when the brake is pressed is probably due to the pads building up a sharp edge which rubs on the disk. If the pads turn out to have plenty of meat on them, file a chamfer on the edges and they'll quieten down.

Hang on.. didn't you change your pads at Tidworth? :o

Kevin
Title: Re: Busy day tomorrow.......
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 21 January 2008, 21:04:12
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Squealing that disappears when the brake is pressed is probably due to the pads building up a sharp edge which rubs on the disk. If the pads turn out to have plenty of meat on them, file a chamfer on the edges and they'll quieten down.

Hang on.. didn't you change your pads at Tidworth? :o

Kevin

That was rears.......which are down to 3-4mm , I changed the fronts before then  ::)
Title: Re: Busy day tomorrow.......
Post by: Paul M on 21 January 2008, 21:12:00
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You don't get a low pad warning until the sensor has been destroyed, daft idea by Vx that one >:(

The sensor is designed to be replaced, it's cheap and cheerful (hence how it works by basically destroying itself) so no big deal really.