And cough up €180 for a back tyre......that only lasts about 4k miles

TheBogieMan said:

If we're playing that game......

120 horses, 100nm of torque, kerb weight of 189kg aaaaaand........... I only have to buy 3 spark plugs at a time

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and dress like a power ranger, and lose a fight with an old dear in a fiesta who 'sorry mate didn't see you'

and I don't have any spark plugs

any how i think you may have missed the point

I've not had a smidsy in 35 years on two wheels, if you keep your eyes open and cover the brakes then you're going to be ok

Ended up taking it to the local garage to get my brakes done

Didnt have any allan keys or allan wrench sets at home

Here are my old discs, some interesting wear

Old left disc





Old right disc

Looks like they worn nicely with age

Unless it was ribbed which the pictures cant show

you can see a fat lip in centre of hub - so probably was ready for replacement's

Ziggy

Could someone tell me why one disc has a thicker rusted rim on the outside and the other has a thin rusted rim

Also there was about half of the material left on the old pads, decided to chuck them as they were the original so might have asbestos in!

gijohn2 said:

Could someone tell me why one disc has a thicker rusted rim on the outside and the other has a thin rusted rim

Also there was about half of the material left on the old pads, decided to chuck them as they were the original so might have asbestos in!

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no asbestos ---------not been used since before your car was made
with regards discs no not really

Sorry to bump an old thread, but does anyone know the correct torque for tightening the 17mm calliper mounting bolts when refitting the callipers after a brake disc change?

Also, just to confirm not all the 16V cars have vented discs. I’ve checked my car today and it’s a 257mm solid disc. 10.4mm thickness at present and the wear limit is 10.2, so I will be changing it.

Haynes says 53Nm for the mounting bracket to hub and 27Nm for the guide pins and 12Nm for the disc locating studs.

My 16V dynamic has the original unvented disks.


Now at 243,000km with all of the original back end, nothing changed other than the exhaust, petrol filling pipe and one rear wheel bearing. Original shoes, springs, adjusters, cylinders, hoses and handbrake. Looking like I am not going to have to change the rear shoes for another 50,000km or more.

I had the front caliper pistons out recently and changed the seals. The pistons are like new under the rubber dust covers. The fluid is totally clean throughout the car. No rust inside the calipers. I was expecting it to be a bit worn by now.

Currently about to load up the back of the car with large pieces of granite for about 8 trips to the dump. The punto is a bit like a tardis and makes for useful cheap motoring

Brendan W said:

Haynes says 53Nm for the mounting bracket to hub and 27Nm for the guide pins and 12Nm for the disc locating studs.

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Thanks Brendan, and sorry to be so slow to acknowledge or reply to your post. I swapped front discs and pads on my 188 today. The bendix callipers were quite easy to work with, but the discs were well rusted onto the hub and didn’t want to come off.

I ended up using a bolt through the back of the calliper mount and two nuts on the front side of the hole (just behind the brake disc), and using a socket wrench to crank the bolt into the hole, pushed the brake disc off the hub with a pop.

The discs I took off were down to 9,7mm thick (my bad), so the new 11.8mm discs will be a big improvement.