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alexnicholls2069
L Plates Joined: 11 Feb 2008 Location: bournemouth Status: Offline Points: 14 |
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Posted: 06 Mar 2008 at 15:31 |
hi all
my front discs are warped. do you think its better to get a new set like the galfer ones off this sites web shop or....go for OE brembo....or save the expence of buying discs,pads and calipers and just get my current set straightened out (if you can do that?)
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Spoonz
Admins Group Joined: 11 Feb 2008 Location: North Devon Status: Offline Points: 10726 |
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You can get them straightened. Badger posted a chap that does them a while back. It's normally the carrier that bends not the braking surface from what he said. Or you may have stuck bobbins so the disk isn't floating
The genuine discs are probably a more expensive option if you get them from Aprilia. If it were me and i had to buy discs i would probably go wavey but qaulity items like Galfer, Wave etc. Edited by Spoonz - 06 Mar 2008 at 16:19 |
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smmrsvr
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I weighed up the same set of options, finally plumped for a set of Braking wave front and rear and Brembo sintered pads for £399 delivered off Harris at NEC show.
This was cheaper than anyone else could do the same products for.
Fitted them now....look the bollocks and work as good as if not better than the OE stuff.
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Il rombo di un gemello, un cursore sfregamento su asfalto, un estati calde giorno - io sono in cielo?
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badger
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How do you know they are warped first of all, have you made sure the buttons are spinning freely? this is common for them to stick, make sure they are free first before you spend any money.
This bloke is tops, £15 a disc to straighten, that is if it is the carrier that is bent, if it's not the carrier throw it in the canal. Dave East Engineering The Old Dairy George Street Enderby Leicester LE19 4NQ Tel. 0116 2848296 He works Tues, Wed, Thursdays so keep trying if no answer. HTH Edited by badger - 06 Mar 2008 at 19:47 |
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joe 90
Premium Member Chief Stator tester Joined: 11 Feb 2008 Status: Offline Points: 1978 |
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Hello, are they bent because you binned it ? (dropped). |
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alexnicholls2069
L Plates Joined: 11 Feb 2008 Location: bournemouth Status: Offline Points: 14 |
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no i didn't bin it thank god, just bought it that way and they have got worse. but saying that its not so bad when its raining or had a going over with a cleaning rag. maybe it is the buttons
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joe 90
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hello, its hard to diagnose a lot of problems without seeing it, so this only should be a guide line, caliper, brake pads , maybe it has been dropped, but pursue anyway.
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