cooked brakes

1. megslad Regular Poster Joined: Feb 2009 Llanrwst Posts: 320 VTS mk2 Blue (Track) VTR mk2 Gold Y107BCW

   #1 17th May 2010, 22:10

   Basically i fried my brakes the other nite.
   
   Went to brake goin down a hill and keept goin.
   
   Big burning smell as well, ive lowered the back and I need to adjust the bias valve on the back.
   
   My brakes are shit now compared.
   
   Need new brakes or what?
2. raunchz Saxperience Addict Joined: Jul 2005 Solihull / Bournemouth Posts: 14233 2015 Lapiz Blue Golf R

   #2 17th May 2010, 22:13

   New fluid and check your pads and discs
3. megslad Regular Poster Joined: Feb 2009 Llanrwst Posts: 320 VTS mk2 Blue (Track) VTR mk2 Gold Y107BCW

   #3 17th May 2010, 22:24

   could it be the fluid that has been cook?
   
   Gott groved discs with greenstuff on front and standard on back
4. raunchz Saxperience Addict Joined: Jul 2005 Solihull / Bournemouth Posts: 14233 2015 Lapiz Blue Golf R

   #4 17th May 2010, 22:32

   Greenstuff pads will probably be the problem.
5. megslad Regular Poster Joined: Feb 2009 Llanrwst Posts: 320 VTS mk2 Blue (Track) VTR mk2 Gold Y107BCW

   #5 17th May 2010, 22:36

   what do they do
6. raunchz Saxperience Addict Joined: Jul 2005 Solihull / Bournemouth Posts: 14233 2015 Lapiz Blue Golf R

   #6 17th May 2010, 22:53

   I found mine to be occasionally okay, but the rest of the time they were useless. Blocks of cheese as pads would have been better.
   
   I'm sure a lot of people on here would agree
7. user_39613 Established Member Joined: Dec 2009 Essex Posts: 1006

   #7 17th May 2010, 23:16

   I had EBC in my old punto gt and certainly wouldn't buy them again. As raunchz said change the fluid (as this is often overlooked) and pads.
8. Lemmy92 Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2009 Essex, Southend-on-sea Posts: 381 BMW 318 IS

   #8 17th May 2010, 23:24

   replace your fluid as that will have possibly bubbled up making air bubbles in the system, and either sand the surface or replace the pads.
9. PhillipM Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Rotherham Posts: 82

   #9 18th May 2010, 00:19

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by raunchz I found mine to be occasionally okay, but the rest of the time they were useless. Blocks of cheese as pads would have been better. I'm sure a lot of people on here would agree

   We had a set on fire just taking the car around the yard to load up on the trailer
   
   Wank pads.
10. deans2k8 Established Member Joined: Sep 2008 gainsborough Posts: 2337 Vectra 2.0t

    #10 18th May 2010, 01:17

    ive had greenstuff pads and they were good and fine for me
11. Sparco_Tom Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2007 Aylesbury, Bucks Posts: 12836 Yeaaahh Fiesta

    #11 18th May 2010, 14:38

    i can supply you with some much nicer mintex pads and some fluid aswell to flush the system
12. megslad Regular Poster Joined: Feb 2009 Llanrwst Posts: 320 VTS mk2 Blue (Track) VTR mk2 Gold Y107BCW

    #12 18th May 2010, 21:31

    flush the system with dot5 fluid to start off with then grind the pads down with the old grinder ( I know rough as f*ck)