Funny brake pad wear

[FarmerPug]

I pulled off the brake callipers on the clio and seen this:



At the moment the ABS seems to kick in at very low speeds and the cars brakes are not very sharp, everything is bled fine, could the disk be too small for the car?

[lozz]

It couid have the wrong pads/discs fitted mate,
Hard to guess,

[steve_earwig]

Measure the disk, I reckon someone's put 260mm disks on instead of 283mm

[crackpotterpig]

Definatley mismatched discs and pads

[GingerMagic]

Yes, wrong discs methinks, or uprated caliper and pads on a standard disc?

Either way, at some point the pads will wear so much on the inside and not on the edge and they will touch each other and not the disc..

Check eBay for bigger discs..

[jasper5]

The pads are too big....there are several different pads that fit on the Renaults, take the pads to a factors and get the correct size.

[FarmerPug]

The car had the wrong size of disks on it was 238mm and the new disk was 259mm, the smaller one was apparently for non abs cars.

Putting new disks and pads into the car solved the problem.

Here was the gap before:

and after:

[Welly]

Whoever fitted those original brakes was either incompetent or a willing amateur making a mistake, glad you got it sorted it should actually stop properly now

[FarmerPug]

Whoever fitted those original brakes was either incompetent or a willing amateur making a mistake, glad you got it sorted it should actually stop properly now

The garage we bought the clio was supposed to have put new disks and pads in it before selling it.

[steve_earwig]

Should I go back and edit my post to hide the fact I didn't read FP's fp properly? Or should I leave it and continue looking like an idiot? Hmm... At least I was right, sort of...

Complain to the garage Frank, either their mechanic was a complete monkey or they willing sold you the car in a dangerous condition. If they tell you to get stuffed call in the rozzers.

[FarmerPug]

The garage, that was 4 years ago when the clio was bought.
The other issue is the garage is no longer in business

[lozz]

The garage, that was 4 years ago when the clio was bought.
The other issue is the garage is no longer in business

No wonder..



They've most probs gone back to what there good at... perhaps putting shoes on horses.

They need a good kick in the borlox for selling a car with brakes fitted like that..

[jasper5]

The garage, that was 4 years ago when the clio was bought.
The other issue is the garage is no longer in business

It's 4 years since the brakes were looked at?

[FarmerPug]

It lost braking about 3 years ago a week after passing its mot test, one of the wheel cylnders was leaking luckily i was still using it and was able to slow the car with the handbrake, took it to a mechanic who spotted the leak at the back, and replaced the part, the front brakes were never touched.

[GingerMagic]

Was it a Halfords MOT?