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 Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:28 am |
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Joined: Jul 30, 2010
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Location: inverness
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im not sure if anyone has heard of this before,
for some reason last night when i was driving (slow) thank god, i heard a strange noise, put the brakes on and nothing happened, so drove back and found my brake pad lying on the road, i only had them fitted a few days ago, i find it a bit strange how it popped out, took my wheel off and found there was no fitting kit on it, correct me if im wrong but should 180's have a fitting kit?
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:30 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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Location: barnstaple
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mine has little clips that hold them in so i would think that a 180 would have something on them. thank god u wasnt goin fast
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:34 am |
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Location: inverness
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yeh thats what i thought, i know i was just going down one o the streets where i live, i mean i could put the brakes on but it was scrapping sooo badly and took a while so stop
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:35 am |
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i would go back to where u had them fitted and moan at them as if you had crashed it would be they fuilt as fitted them wrong
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:36 am |
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Location: inverness
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yeah i get ya, you just cant trust anyone these days with yer car, i think most places just try do a quick job and it doesnt work
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:37 am |
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that y im doin mine my self
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:09 am |
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Joined: Apr 16, 2010
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no they dont have fitting kits they just sit in a shim and once the caliper is bolted into place they will not come out
take it back mate to what ever idiot fitted them, you cannot go wrong on fitting pads they are one the easyest pads to do
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:43 am |
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Are they even the correct pads for the calipers? ? ? 
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 9:27 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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You should have metal retaining clips fitted, if not that'll explain why the pad departed the caliper 
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 9:34 am |
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Joined: Aug 25, 2010
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| MrBSI wrote: |
| Are they even the correct pads for the calipers? ? ? |
its impossible for them to pop out even without the retaining clips
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WARNING: This User Has Had Bad Trade Feedback In The Past
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:12 pm |
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| kieron206gti wrote: |
no they dont have fitting kits they just sit in a shim and once the caliper is bolted into place they will not come out
take it back mate to what ever idiot fitted them, you cannot go wrong on fitting pads they are one the easyest pads to do |
Yeah kieron206gti you would think it was easy but my local Peugeot workshop totally stuffed it up fitting them. Wan%#rs. They didn't seat them properly(notch in groove). Fronted them at the service deak and they told me I don't know what i'm talking about(I'm a Fitter by trade). Well didn't I let loose on this fu#kwit. Had a serious talk to the area manager and he was virtually kissing my ar%e. Not only that, my cousin is married to the owner of that company. I dare say someone got a kick in the bum.
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:55 am |
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Joined: Feb 16, 2010
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Location: Havant nr Portsmouth
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I had this a few months ago and posted up the pictures on here. The angled section of the fitting clip and r-clip were both gone and both set of pads had flown out. Like you I heard a noise in the wheel arch although I was doing '70' on the motorway at the time and looked in the rear view mirror and saw something bouncing along the road, luckily it didn't hit anybody. I had the brakes changed a few weeks before that which was annoying but it was by a friend so didn't go back get him to sort it. The fitting kit was the old one and had a lot of play between the brake shoe and caliper. Lessons learnt here and I'll make sure in the future that a new fitting kit is fitted each time [for the sake of £3]
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:10 am |
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Joined: Feb 21, 2010
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Location: Brighton
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DIY next time, easy as pie, well undoing certain screws isnt, but the whole procedure is easy!
Most, if not all, new brake pads include new metal clips, if you havent got any, then send them back and buy other ones, ensure the new pads look exactly the same as the old ones (apart from the worn down pad).
You cant go wrong!
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