General Brakes

[Rob-mint-mk1-uno]

Been cleaning my rear brakes today and freeing up the caliper sliders and making sure every thing is free and moving ok.
While i was there i noticed that my back plates are rusted right out, i under stand why they are on there, to stop water and crap getting in your brakes but is it ok to take them off completely or does any one know where i can get replacements.
If i could get hold of a pair at a good price id be chuffed
Cheers lads

 

[Jai]

rightly, or wrongly i took mine off when i did the brakes on mine, didnt seem to have any effect for the 3 1/2 years after.....

 

[Rob-mint-mk1-uno]

Yeah i was thinking about taking them off but if i could get some then id stick some on.
I found this company http://www.beeversautopanels.co.uk/ they have laods of panels for a uno at very cheap prices, they do the front ones but not the rear.

 

[Jai]

i cant imagine it would be too difficult to make a pair from what you have left, template them onto some mild steel, cut and shape and paint, might make a better fist of it than the original!

 

[Chas Uno]

My front brake backing plates rusted through on their mountings and fell off! Well, they ended up hanging off and making horrible scraping noises

In the end I just ripped them off and left them at that. Had no problems with them removed.

I think they are meant to stop stones and grit getting onto the brakes, hence they are often known as 'dust shields'. If a piece of grit gets stuck between the brake pad and disc it can make a nasty mess of the disc.

I might get around to replacing mine at some point, but so far have had no problems with them removed...

 

[alexGS]

They might help to keep the salt spray off the back of the discs? Maybe that is why they rusted out

With them removed, it's one less thing to rattle, and unless you're doing gravel rallies, I don't think it will matter. Mine, for what it's worth, are still on there and in good condition (no salt here)

-Alex

 

[Rob-mint-mk1-uno]

Yeah i think ill just remove them and not worry about it, the uno is my toy any way so it wont leave the garage in the wet and in the winter months im going for some new panels and a good restore from the bottem up.
Ill have it all ready by the summer next year i hope....

 

[Dunc Uno Turbo]

my back plates went years ago mate. and never had a problem

Dunc

 

[the mk1 kid]

my back plates went years ago mate. and never had a problem

Dunc

Ditto.

Tom