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Alt. to MMC rear pads ??
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:28 am
by CSK_423
Is there an alt. brake pad to suit the MMC discs on a S1 Elise ???
It's nearly £100 just for the rear set, the boot in the peas is that I only need 1 friggin pad !!!!
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:09 am
by Rich H
Geary IIRC, but they are still expensive
Clicky
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:27 am
by Sanjøy
Last an age though.
Re: Alt. to MMC rear pads ??
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:49 am
by simon
CSK_423 wrote:It's nearly £100 just for the rear set, the boot in the peas is that I only need 1 friggin pad !!!!
You should be replacing the entire rear set at once, that's why they come like that!
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:27 am
by CSK_423
I wasn't meaning I wouldn't replace the full set I mean it is only one pad that's away unlike any other time when all 4 are worn and needing done.
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:12 am
by tut
Let me have your address and I will send you down a good used rear.
tut
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:15 am
by tut
ps That however was not an answer.
There is NO alternative to a genuine MMC pad for an MMC disk. Anything else will not work, and will destroy your disk.
tut
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:56 am
by simon
CSK_423 wrote:I wasn't meaning I wouldn't replace the full set I mean it is only one pad that's away unlike any other time when all 4 are worn and needing done.
Phew, but doesn't that suggest there's something up with your brakes then?
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:09 pm
by r10crw
It is strange that only one of the pads needs changed, usually the inner pair. Have you checked the surface of the disk? It should have a glossy finnish with a laquer on it. With mine I overheated a disk and the inner suface turned to lots of tiny pits. These pits then act like a grater to the pad. If you search on seloc youll get an explanation as to how the aluminium melts around the ceramic. Also people say you wont melt these disks on a standard car but thats not true, granted you wont get catastrophic failure like tut had but you will get pitting. Hope its not this but thought youd better know the full story.
PS: My disk melted braking from 120 to zero in only eighty yards, when those disks worked they were amazing!!
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:22 pm
by mckeann
Folks, the reason he only needs 1 pad is explained in here:
http://www.scottishelises.com/phpbb/vie ... highlight=
One of his pads failed, and the friction material came away from the backplate
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:20 am
by mac
McKeann in "read's full thread shocker"
Mac
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:58 pm
by CSK_423
tut wrote:Let me have your address and I will send you down a good used rear.
tut
TUT thanks for the offer but my new MMC pads arrived today, much appreciated thanks again.