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Brakes are looking very good :happy2:
TTRS brakes are defiantly a good mod to do, and they look great.
bbfb10:
So after being on my car nearly a whole 24 hours the brakes have had to come off again. The garage that fitted them have employed a total knobhead who forgot to check the tightness of the bolts he used to attach the calipers to the car.
On my way to work this morning I heard a bit of a noise whilst driving along the A38, as l went to slow for my junction there was a horiffic grating noise and the car pulled violently to the left. I managed to control the car and found a suitable place to stop. On examining the car, the caliper on the drivers side was hanging on by the lower bolt only!
Caliper damaged by rubbing on wheel:
Better picture:
All in all Im not happy. Caliper is screwed, and the wheel will need a refurb too. Gutted as lve only had them a month or so.
Dave7692:
Gutting for you mate, I assume you'll be chasing the garage for a replacement caliper and a wheel refurb? Thats the least they could do seeing as the affect of mis-fitting the brakes could have been much worse!
teo_parvu:
Sorry for this pal!
I had somewhat a similar experience with my new AP Racing BBK, the mechanic did not center it properly so that the pad was in continuous contact with the disk.
Went to a trackday and this is the result:
Cooked calipers. I've asked him if he had used the centering washers from AP Racing, he told me there was no need as the calipers centered perfectly.
After this I've changed the mechanic after 4 years. :sad1:
bbfb10:
Not good.
The garage have said that the person who fitted the brakes will likely get sacked and have said they will 'put everything right' for me. Im missing work because of this, and as I work for myself, hopefully it will be sorted sooner rather than later.
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