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Twingo Technical & Detailing Information
Suspension & Brakes
when to change brakes
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<blockquote data-quote="oscar" data-source="post: 164154" data-attributes="member: 2757"><p>basically everything that neil said! you'll need a micrometer for measuring disc thickness, steel rule for measuring pad thickness and some emri paper / sand paper for cleaning up the caliper carrier and caliper itself of dirt of grime / rust. some copper grease is a good thing to have here also so that you can apply some more to help prevent any squeeking on the caliper carrier and to prevent seizing on it. use the link that neil provided you with to compare your measurements too and you'll be good to go from now on doing your own brakes.</p><p></p><p></p><p>one other way to recognise that your brakes may need changing without stripping them down would be that your brake fluid level may look a bit low which means your caliper pistons are sitting out further than they should to take up the wear in your pads.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oscar, post: 164154, member: 2757"] basically everything that neil said! you'll need a micrometer for measuring disc thickness, steel rule for measuring pad thickness and some emri paper / sand paper for cleaning up the caliper carrier and caliper itself of dirt of grime / rust. some copper grease is a good thing to have here also so that you can apply some more to help prevent any squeeking on the caliper carrier and to prevent seizing on it. use the link that neil provided you with to compare your measurements too and you'll be good to go from now on doing your own brakes. one other way to recognise that your brakes may need changing without stripping them down would be that your brake fluid level may look a bit low which means your caliper pistons are sitting out further than they should to take up the wear in your pads. [/QUOTE]
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