General Drilled Brake Disc's

[daryn]

Hey

I've seen those Drilled brake disc's, and i think they look great,
i want to get them for my punto sporting, but is it an easy job to do yourself or would i need to let the pro's do it ? .. what does it actually consist of is it just bolts ?

cheers.

 

[marty61]

They are discs with holes drilled in them. Not something i would do myself as after drilling they would need a slight skim to remove any high spots.

 

[daryn]

yeah i know that, but is it an easy job to fit urself do u know ?

 

[Rockbottom]

yeah i know that, but is it an easy job to fit urself do u know ?

It's the same fitting as normal brake discs, it's not hard.

 

[richie.guy]

Wheel off.
Undo the caliper (2 bolts behind).
Remove locating pins from the disc.
Remove disc.

Easy peasy.

Personally I'd stick with 6 grooves. No need for drilled and they have a bad rep of cracking.

 

[daryn]

so u think i should just leave the ones i have on it just now then

 

[marty61]

yeah i know that, but is it an easy job to fit urself do u know ?

Sorry, your post sounded like you wanted to drill your own discs. I would go for grooved instead of drilled as well.

 

[Rockbottom]

Yeah I would go for grooved as well, I've got some Red Dot 20 groove discs waiting to be fitted to my Punto JTD.

 

[alanstalin]

i have had some new discs in my boot for months but cant get the lacating
pins out of the old ones as they are worn round.... a friend said that i dont need them and to just grind them off :idea: but is that true ?

 

[5abr3]

i have had some new discs in my boot for months but cant get the lacating
pins out of the old ones as they are worn round.... a friend said that i dont need them and to just grind them off :idea: but is that true ?

would have thought they're there for a reason (need more than 2 contacts to hold something flat...)

 

[Andy Monty]

i have had some new discs in my boot for months but cant get the lacating pins out

has to be one of the best miss spells i've seen recently

you mate is correct you could try applying a bit of heat to them and going at them with and impact driver....

 

[Andy Monty]

would have thought they're there for a reason (need more than 2 contacts to hold something flat...)

they are to keep the holes on the hub and the holes on the disc aligned so it makes re fitting the wheels easier

 

[alanstalin]

well its better than lactating

 

[Rockbottom]

pins out of the old ones as they are worn round.... a friend said that i dont need them and to just grind them off :idea: but is that true ?

You don't need them, as said they make refitting the road wheel easier. I run without them as I couldn't fit my aftermarket alloys with them in place.

The caliper will hold the brake disc in place when the road wheel is off and the wheel bolts secure the brake disc in place when the road wheel is on.