Afternoon all,
As some may recall I have been trying to find the cause of some odd and severe vibration on the car, particularly under braking although sometimes it happened when not braking. Also an intermittent strange grinding / scraping noise from the rear. I have had the whole of the back of the car apart and replaced all the bushes, joints, had the prop and driveshafts checked out all with no joy. At wits end as to the cause.....
Had MOT and alignment on Wednesday and passed with only comment that all was fine. Alignment tech took car for a short drive at normal / slowish speeds and said he thought the brake disks were vibrating a bit although not bad and should clean up. Not surprised as the car has sat for a few months sorned during lockdown and I knew the disks had a bit of surface rust but should have been in good condition generally being only about 18 months old Mtec drilled / grooved.
To cut a long story short I bit the bullet and got a full set of new disks and pads, all Brembo, and fitted yesterday. At the back I found one of the handbrake pull off springs was detached which might account for the strange noises, however at the front I found the "Mintex" pads with strange pitting, and one of the pads had come apart. The friction material totally detached from the back plate. These were about a year old and worn perhaps 10%. I was wondering if they could be counterfeited although they look perfectly normal.
I drove the car this morning for 10-15 mins and the problems seem to have gone away. No hard braking for the next 200 km so time will tell if the issue is really cured but it seems too much of a coincidence that the vibration has gone immediately after the change. I will contact Mintex for their comment.
Anyone else seen anything like this before ?
As some may recall I have been trying to find the cause of some odd and severe vibration on the car, particularly under braking although sometimes it happened when not braking. Also an intermittent strange grinding / scraping noise from the rear. I have had the whole of the back of the car apart and replaced all the bushes, joints, had the prop and driveshafts checked out all with no joy. At wits end as to the cause.....
Had MOT and alignment on Wednesday and passed with only comment that all was fine. Alignment tech took car for a short drive at normal / slowish speeds and said he thought the brake disks were vibrating a bit although not bad and should clean up. Not surprised as the car has sat for a few months sorned during lockdown and I knew the disks had a bit of surface rust but should have been in good condition generally being only about 18 months old Mtec drilled / grooved.
To cut a long story short I bit the bullet and got a full set of new disks and pads, all Brembo, and fitted yesterday. At the back I found one of the handbrake pull off springs was detached which might account for the strange noises, however at the front I found the "Mintex" pads with strange pitting, and one of the pads had come apart. The friction material totally detached from the back plate. These were about a year old and worn perhaps 10%. I was wondering if they could be counterfeited although they look perfectly normal.
I drove the car this morning for 10-15 mins and the problems seem to have gone away. No hard braking for the next 200 km so time will tell if the issue is really cured but it seems too much of a coincidence that the vibration has gone immediately after the change. I will contact Mintex for their comment.
Anyone else seen anything like this before ?
Liverpool
