Crappy Brakes

DZYRME · Post by **DZYRME** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 7:40 pm

Jono wrote:Slicks? as in Semi slicks? or Road tyres turned into slicks?

I think she was referring to road tyres turning into slicks. I saw her tyres the other day, and there wasnt much tread left on them.

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 11:39 pm

big difference between bald tyres and slicks

mxysxy · Post by **mxysxy** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 10:10 am

I was driving to home from work last night. After half an hour driving I realised that something wrong with my brakes.
Just before stopping, braking started to make some sort of strong grinding noise and front of the car started to vibrate a bit. Grinding and vibration was happening just before a complete stop.
Also happened all the time this morning, driving back to work as well.
Any idea whats wrong with the brakes?
Thanks.

Quattro · Post by **Quattro** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 5:40 pm

How much brake pad do you have left??
What condition are the discs in?
Is the braking ability diminshed?

Hard to tell with out more info..could be a number of things.

mxysxy · Post by **mxysxy** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 5:56 pm

To be honest, vibration at the front scared me a bit. So, I booked into Mitsubishi to get it checked for tommorrow.

Last time I seviced my car, which is about a month ago, %70 of the break pads were left.

>>What condition are the discs in?
Looks OK to me, there are no cracks od scrathes, however, I dont think I can understand if they were in bad shape. What to look for here?

>>Is the braking ability diminshed?
I dont think it did, bit hard to tell

YYgirl · Post by **YYgirl** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 1:45 pm

I have exactly the same problem, grinding noise comming from the front and doesn't stop very well. My disc rotors are below the limit with respect to thickness, could it be rotors at all??

Post by **smorison** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 9:17 pm

brake upgrade kit is in the group buys forum now...

$1600 less 10% once three people are signed up...

YYgirl · Post by **YYgirl** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 9:35 am

anyone end up fixing their problems?

mxysxy · Post by **mxysxy** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:11 am

I ended up machining my front discs. Problem disappered for a week. However, all the grinding is back again now.

YYgirl · Post by **YYgirl** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:19 am

damn that sucks.... is your rotor the orginal set? what sort of pads are you using?

mxysxy · Post by **mxysxy** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 12:24 pm

stock rotor, stock pads, nothing fancy. And it makes a terrible vibration just before a full stop. It almost feels like pads are trying to hold on to the discs, but keep sliding in a hopping manner. Dont forget to mention the noise as well.
Showed the car to Northern Mitsubishi, and they thought they fixed it, and charged me $100 for it. Damn think was not fixed at all.
Northern Mitsubishi has no clue about my car, they are hopeless, and will never use/suggest them again.

D-TRAIN · Post by **D-TRAIN** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 12:35 pm

Just out of interest, at what speeds are you pulling up from to a complete stop? Or does it judder anytime you apply any pressure to the brakes, regardless of speed?

Jono · Post by **Jono** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 1:20 pm

there could be a few reasons for the judder,

Wheel allignment
Wheel Balancing
Rotors are warped

id say warped rotors would be the cause. I had this on my car, only real way to fix it is with new rotors.

mxysxy · Post by **mxysxy** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 1:21 pm

eg: city traffic,
doing about 40kmh--> red light--> normal breaking.
Just before a complete stop it is happening. lets say from 10-15kmh to 0.
It always happens just before a complete stop, and before this point everything seems fine, No noise, no grinding or no vibration.

YYgirl · Post by **YYgirl** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 1:40 pm

that is the exact same problem i had

dunno whats wrong with the brakes............

payaya · Post by **payaya** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 9:55 pm

change the pads! Even if they look alright they could be glazed! It also a random thing.

If you have a groove in your rotor then change them.

I changed both my front rotors and pads for 100 bucks money well spent.