Hello all,

With my windows open in the gorgeous weather today I heard a noise coming from my front nearside wheel. Upon getting the wheel off I discovered that a wire in it's plastic sheathing has been snapped (by some foreign object I'm guessing) and one part of it was resting against the spokes of my alloy as it went round producing the noise.

The wire seems to end up in the brake pad. Am I correct in thinking this senses brake pad wear and is there any problem in me crimping some bullet connectors on the broken wire and reconnecting it back up? My only concern is I'll have no way to test if the repair is sound.

I've attached a photo - red arrows are the ends of the broken wire, yellow arrow is where it ends up and goes into the brake pad.

Cheers,
Ben

Sounds A Bit Gash But Just Use A Scotch Lock On It And It Will Be Fine

yes its the PW indicator it works by Ground return IIRC

yes you could crimp it ideally you want a heat resistant through crimp or a bare crimp (no plastic) with some thermal sleaving the kind you get in light fittings or alternitivly solder it and sleave it

mines come loose too

solder & heatshrink if you can, scotch-lock will just corrode in no time.

Thanks all.

I'll get it soldered and sealed up then.

Cheers,
Ben

When i had my service on tuesday they noticed mine snapped so they put a new one on free of charge

does the car tell u when the breaks are too worn then?

tommy_8884 said:

does the car tell u when the breaks are too worn then?

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yes there is a metal contact in the pad when the pad wears down the contact makes contact with the disc (which is earth) this produces a circuit and lights up the dash warning lamp...


BTW T does the light need the examiner to be reset????

as far as i know they reset themselves, once the earth has gone e.g new pads.

cheers Matt

oh and Hello from sunny Goole :wave: