Disc&Pads for Skoda Rapid

swinnie

swinnie

swinnie

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Hi All,


OEM pads and discs are needing replacement in the next month. The rears are more desperate than the fronts, but I intend to do them all at the same time. Any recommendation on brands to go for? Have been on ECP and there are loads of different brands available, as well as two different types available but it looks like I will just need to get the diameter of the disc and that will solve that...

OEM's have done 65k+ at the moment, be just under 70k by the time I come to change them. I'm expecting them to need persuading off the hubs, but they have lasted very well.


Cheers.
 
swinnie said:
Hi All,


OEM pads and discs are needing replacement in the next month. The rears are more desperate than the fronts, but I intend to do them all at the same time. Any recommendation on brands to go for? .
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what options do you have?
 
red eye said:
Customer will be a few weeks later for a wheel bearing. Use a big hammer and get your frustrations out at the same time!
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No...

You do not need to heat up the whole disk!:p :D

Just the screw head (Takes 5-10 seconds)

Heat never gets anywhere near the wheel bearing!

(OTOH, getting the drive shafts out of the back of an E36 BMW, that is a totally different matter all together! Now you mention it! :eek: :p )
 
Orionaut said:
No...

You do not need to heat up the whole disk!:p :D

Just the screw head (Takes 5-10 seconds)

Heat never gets anywhere near the wheel bearing!

(OTOH, getting the drive shafts out of the back of an E36 BMW, that is a totally different matter all together! Now you mention it! :eek: :p )
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come on... You have the gas on your not going to play with it for 5-10mins are you?!? what I do is use an impact driver if that rounds the head then hammer and dot punch and if that don't work it's big F hammer time.

Is it just E36? Because all the bmws that come in have corroded hub nuts wouldn't like to see the condition of the splines
 
Went for OEM in the end. Cost difference to the Brembo's/ATEs were pretty minimal to be honest and they've lasted so well anyway.

No brake shims required, they direct fit to the caliper.

Tools required:

13mm socket/spanner (if using a ratchet, flex head rathet and a small extension is a must - ratchet spanner also handy)
15mm spanner (needs to be narrow to get hold of the nut on the slide pin, my halfords ratchet spanners wouldn't fit)
T30 socket
No8/8mm Hex
Wind back tool

As well as all of the standard bits and pieces for brakes, of course.
 
If your doing brakeS buy some green lithium grease or silicon grade for the sliders, don't use copper slip. A little dab of copper slip where the pad rides on the calipers and brake carrier.

I always think everyone should do their own brakes. It's one of the simpler jobs in a car like oil changes. Forget paying for services, have you Seen what happens in those garages? Services are worthless.
 
Absolutely - have seen people put copper grease on the slide pins, yet the stuff they wipe off with a rag is quite clearly not coppor grease so why put it on there?

Would've only taken me about 1hr 30, but had to hunt around for a narrow enough spanner to get onto the nut for the slide pin, so that wasted 15mins, and then another 15mins hunting for my channel locks to release the windback tool :o
 
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