[CairnsZook]

I was driving through town today, had just picked up a torque wrench, some grease and other bits to install the new axles, when I heard a really bad noise from the front end.

As I pulled up to a red light, my right front wheel locked up! Luckily I was only crawling along for the last metre or so when it happened. When the light went green, I moved forward very slowly (with the steering pulling heavily to the right) and made it into a car park.

Luckily I had all the tools in the back, after a trip out to the Western Tiers on Sunday. After I pulled the wheel off I found this



The pad had wedged itself in real hard, causing the wheel to initially lock up. The disc is badly scored and will need to be machined, if not replaced, and one of the little metal clips that holds the pad in place disintegrated.

My next stop was actually Burson's to pick up some new pads! It wasn't far so I walked the rest of the way
Luckily it didn't happen on the weekend while I was traveling at speed on slippery Western Tasmanian roads!



Anyone know where I can find some more clips for the pads?

[BlueSuzy]

hahahahahahahahahahahaha, Sorry i had to laugh

I had my suzy a month b4 it spat a pad completely out!!!!!, luckily i was close to home and no one around so drove in gears only!!!

Lucky ur safe dude, Could of been nasty...

Im not going to let them get low next time, i may be missing the little spacers also...May be the problem....

[royce]

throw the rotors out they will be undersize

dont worry about eh clip too much, it will still work fine

[CairnsZook]

Yeah, could have been really nasty...
Main reason it came out was because it was just too worn out. That'll teach me for not listening to her. She started making noises about it a week ago

Thanks Royce, I'll get all new rotors too. Not a real good idea to be a tight-arse when it comes to brakes.

[royce]

might be worth a quick ring around to the wreckers to see if you can get a set of vitara wagons calipers for an upgrade seeing you are replacing most of it anyway

[Taff]

Popping a rear cylinder is scary. Ended up in someones front lawn.



Taught me quickly to keep a close eye on my rear shoes

[BlueSuzy]

Fark, i have rear shoes....But no pads!!!!

Better do them tomorroz.....

[CairnsZook]

royce wrote:

might be worth a quick ring around to the wreckers to see if you can get a set of vitara wagons calipers for an upgrade seeing you are replacing most of it anyway

Interesting, what's involved with this job?

Do I need Vitara rotors as well?

[Zook_Fan]

yeah has anyone done that is it bolt in or a bit of fab work to get it in?

[royce]

yes you need vitara rotors, but you have to buy new rotors anyway

I'm not telling you how to do it, Damo did a good bit on it here somewhere

[CairnsZook]

Haha - worth a try anyway.

I'm really busy with study at the moment, so I don't know if I'll have they time.
I'll do a bit of research and see how it goes.

Edit:

It looks like they are bolt on from any LWB Vit!

Here's what they look like.

[appsie]

yes yes i have had the front end jam up before too.Were simply too worn and fell out,one on the road the other fell and jammed in the backing plate,got real hot and made a mess.Looks like you,ve got it all sorted anyway..

if not on my last sierra when this happened i got rotors and pads brand new off ebay DRP direct i think for $160 delivered