ax disc wear = sorted now
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ax disc wear = sorted now
got a new set of boots on front of me 1.0 ax spree yesterday from national (BOGOF) they said the discs are worn [:D] "whatever" i said, but how thin can they go? how do u know when a new set is needed? it still stops well enough at mo
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just found a good website for brakes details etc....
assuming your ax is a 1.0 from between 86 through 98....
your ax brake disks are as follows...
Solid
3 Bolt holes
238 Diameter
132 Hub Diameter
29 Height
8 New Thickness
7 Minimum Thickness
and by the looks of things the measurements are in mm (millimeters).
also thats their brake disks, which look a bit special.....
www.ebcbrakesdirect.com
Edd
assuming your ax is a 1.0 from between 86 through 98....
your ax brake disks are as follows...
Solid
3 Bolt holes
238 Diameter
132 Hub Diameter
29 Height
8 New Thickness
7 Minimum Thickness
and by the looks of things the measurements are in mm (millimeters).
also thats their brake disks, which look a bit special.....
www.ebcbrakesdirect.com
Edd
New discs are probably £9.95 from GSF. (+ VAT of course)
I had trouble with the front brakes of our Zx for awhile. I replaced the pads when we got it and wondered about the discs but they looked marginal so I left them. brakes smelt horrible with new pads and never seemed to work very well so I bought new discs (about same price as AX) and eventually got round to doing them and pads. Didn't think old ones looked bad even after a further 10,000 miles and thought I'd wasted my money but I did notice a band of polished rust in the centre of the disc where there had been a difference in pad size!
New discs were much better and I think the band of rust prevented the first set contacting the disc properly. Moral - stick to one make of pad or cut off any surplus on new ones.
Jeremy
I had trouble with the front brakes of our Zx for awhile. I replaced the pads when we got it and wondered about the discs but they looked marginal so I left them. brakes smelt horrible with new pads and never seemed to work very well so I bought new discs (about same price as AX) and eventually got round to doing them and pads. Didn't think old ones looked bad even after a further 10,000 miles and thought I'd wasted my money but I did notice a band of polished rust in the centre of the disc where there had been a difference in pad size!
New discs were much better and I think the band of rust prevented the first set contacting the disc properly. Moral - stick to one make of pad or cut off any surplus on new ones.
Jeremy
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