Bill Bourne Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 A little story of experience for any of you out there. My front pads needed replacing, and I couldn't easily find the normal pads, so I decided to buy the green stuff pads - less brake dust and so on. Unfortunately the pins holes are oblong rather than round so you have to drill them out. OK, did that, then I found the pads are ever so slightly wider and fouled the outside edge of the disc. The discs were getting on a bit, so I decided to buy new discs and upgrade them to the drilled type. All fitted, lovely jubbly. Drove it for several days cold weather, so roof up - everything fine. However en route home one night overtaking, window down, refelective noise from the crash barrier, what was that awful noise , like a wheel bearing about to go pop ! Took the front hubs apart, looks OK, but lets replace them anyway. Did that - all OK, test drive - after 10 mins, window down past crash barrier - awful noise - oh no it's my diff, gearbox, or drive shafts - what the hell was it ! what am I going to do now - A further 2 weeks of poking around and worry. Eventually the answer - the pads I had fitted had the groove down the middle and it was that, that was causing the noise as they ran over the drilled holes on the disc !! I fitted some new pads without the groove , bingo no noise.. The time span of worry was over 3 weeks..Sometimes life just gets very complicated for no reason.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Richard Crawley Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 the pads I had fitted had the groove down the middle and it was that, that was causing the noise as they ran over the drilled holes on the disc Blimey, whistling disc pads eh, Did they change tune? Tracing the source of a problem like that could have you carted off by men in white coats! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Bourne Posted May 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 der, der, ooogle , dum, dum, splutter ooger ger !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Roger H Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 Just a note of caution. There is a supplier of 'drilled disks' who sells on ebay but who appears to be someone with a drill press and a computor. I asked some pertinent questions about the origins of the units for sale and got no response. The advertising blurb is ambiguous or misleading. Be safe - buy from a reputable supplier. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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