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 Rear Brake Caliper Pads - what holds them in place?
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william
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Joined: 25 Nov 2004
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:06 am

Because mine are dangling out of the caliper and getting intimate with the inside of my alloy wheel Shocked

Is there a technical name to this part? Rough price? Anyone got one??????

Cheers in advance
Chris H
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:08 am

erm for them to fall out the slide bar would need to be missing, now thats a feat!

Unless of course the alloys corroded and the carrier has came away.
william
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:22 am

ah just had a look at the other side and there seems to be a 'bar' that would appear to 'slide'.

I take it this incident is a thing unheard of then?
How much will one set me back? Anybody got a spare?

silly question, but is the car out of action now until i can get a replacement part?

cheers
Chris H
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:33 am

yes don't drive it.

Abotu a fiver for the bar, halfords used to do em.

its not common put it that way!

Like the front caliper bolt braking and the caliper hitting the inside of the wheel!
pringe
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Joined: 28 Dec 2004
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:45 am

i had mine fall out on the front nearside and left my pads etc. all over the road...and me without any brakes....now that was scary.

but i got a replacement from halfords like Chris said (that was about a year ago)
Chris H
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:47 am

pringe, clio with bendix front calipers I assume?
william
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:59 am

Reet then! Photo evidence of the culprit...or the lack thereof:

Damage to rim
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First glance
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Upside-down view of the situation
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Shocking Shocked
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How it should look (opp. side)
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...and again
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Phoned Halfords and im not sure if the guy knew what i was going on about exactly, but a) he was impressed my 19 had discs all round and b) it was a diesel with discs all round and c) there is a kit available for this sort of thing for £12.04.

Halfords is a bit of a way from me tho so might just go to the nearest motor factors on the morrow.
huwwatkins
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Joined: 10 Jun 2004
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 12:28 pm

a) He's a twat and b) he's an even bigger twat.
william
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:24 pm

any chance of a part number for the part i'm lacking from someone who has that dialogies prog?

R19 > M-Reg (mid '94) 1.9 Turbo Diesel > ABS also

cheers Smile
Neal
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Joined: 18 Feb 2004
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:08 pm

huwwatkins wrote:
a) He's a twat and b) he's an even bigger twat.


Ill go along with that 100%
pringe
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Joined: 28 Dec 2004
Posts: 110

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 12:04 am

Chris - yep you got it.

damn scary having to handbrake stop at about 35 mph!
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