Under normal conditions my brakes feel great, nice and sharp. But when given stick and braking for prolonged time they feel in effective and pedal feels numb. Clio brake servo and new pads. Just seems to cook her brakes tooo quickly
Why?
What can I do to help my cause?
cooking brakes.....
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What pads?
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Got them from my local motor factors mate. They seem fookin shite
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Tried to ring you earlier btw lol. Something about my car (not brakes lol). What I spoke to you about before
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Cheap pads generally are. Textar, Pagid etc should be what you are going for.
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Make sure your fluid is not pre historic also !
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Right will buy these asap then. These ones fade waaaay to quick for my liking. I had to duck out of an st earlier purely out of comon sense as it felt ropey. Done him up to that point though
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numer one reason. Fluid absorbs moisture and will boil to early. Hence your numb feeling.Driftnething wrote:Make sure your fluid is not pre historic also !
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That's a fair point mates. I didn't see your post driftnething as you must have posted the same time as me lol.
I will be putting new performance fluid in when I have those pads off Dan. I didn't think of that lol. Its atleast 2 year old as that's how long I've had the beast
I will be putting new performance fluid in when I have those pads off Dan. I didn't think of that lol. Its atleast 2 year old as that's how long I've had the beast
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There you go 
Let us know what its like afterwards !
I used ATE blue fluid iirc, it was about £20 on the bay and its always worth spending the monies on brakes !!
Let us know what its like afterwards !
I used ATE blue fluid iirc, it was about £20 on the bay and its always worth spending the monies on brakes !!
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2 years is the max life span of the dot 4 fluid as far as in concerned.
which reminds me, I need to do mine.
which reminds me, I need to do mine.
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Hard pedal and no brakes = pad fade (overheated pads)
Soft pedal and no brakes = fuid fade (boiling fluid, which means when you apply pressure all you are doing is squashing bubbles)
...so in this case it's the pads!
Soft pedal and no brakes = fuid fade (boiling fluid, which means when you apply pressure all you are doing is squashing bubbles)
...so in this case it's the pads!
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