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mrgreen Senior Member Offline Posts: 766 Salzburg/austria Gender: Drives: 2.2 facelift caravan	brake disk cracked? 13. Apr 2011 at 11:08 can anyone tell me is this brake disk cracked it's only six months old but i suspect it may have been binding and i do get a pulsing through the wheel under braking http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g417/richisells/brakes002.jpg TIA
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kcl Senior Member Offline Posts: 696 Finland Gender: Drives: 2002 Opel Omega 2,6 Caravan Auto	Re: brake disk cracked? Reply #1 - 13. Apr 2011 at 11:09 Can not see any cracks
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Lazydocker Omega King Offline Victim of Pinky's Power Trip! Posts: 11336 Woodbridge, Suffolk Gender: Drives: 2003 3.2 Elite Estate LPG Converted, inspected and Certified	Re: brake disk cracked? Reply #2 - 13. Apr 2011 at 11:10 Doesn't look it from the photo but difficult to tell. If you tap it gently all around does the sound change?
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mrgreen Senior Member Offline Posts: 766 Salzburg/austria Gender: Drives: 2.2 facelift caravan	Re: brake disk cracked? Reply #3 - 13. Apr 2011 at 11:10 here's another piccy http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g417/richisells/brakes003.jpg
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tunnie Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 22520 London, W3 Gender: Drives: 2.2 CD (LPG'd) & BMW R1200 GS	Re: brake disk cracked? Reply #4 - 13. Apr 2011 at 11:11 i'd say no, that looks more like a burn. Do you drive an auto? Under 'spirited' driving, if you come to a halt in an auto and leave your foot on the brake, the heat can do damage to the disc. Is it at certain speeds, or all speeds?
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mrgreen Senior Member Offline Posts: 766 Salzburg/austria Gender: Drives: 2.2 facelift caravan	Re: brake disk cracked? Reply #5 - 13. Apr 2011 at 11:13 yes it's an auto but i'm usually careful to drop out of gear when sat still and it only pulses at low speeds before i changed them they were warped and at motorway speeds you knew they were warped!
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kcl Senior Member Offline Posts: 696 Finland Gender: Drives: 2002 Opel Omega 2,6 Caravan Auto	Re: brake disk cracked? Reply #6 - 13. Apr 2011 at 11:14 Still no crakcs, only marks of heat, e.g. foot on brake for a good while when the disks have been hot edit: must type faster...
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Andy B Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 21988 Bury Lancs Gender: Drives: 1999 3.0 Elite auto/TDM	Re: brake disk cracked? Reply #7 - 13. Apr 2011 at 11:15 mrgreen wrote on 13. Apr 2011 at 11:13: .... before i changed them they were warped and .... What discs did you use, pattern or OE?
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mrgreen Senior Member Offline Posts: 766 Salzburg/austria Gender: Drives: 2.2 facelift caravan	Re: brake disk cracked? Reply #8 - 13. Apr 2011 at 11:17 i used brembo, so i geuss pattern but i thought brembo were a quality product they vertainly weren't as cheap as some of the others i looked at
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Mantahatch Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1637 Gender:	Re: brake disk cracked? Reply #9 - 13. Apr 2011 at 13:08 Having suffered warped discs myself I have now returned to using the handbrake virtually all the time I am stationary. Unless I am trying to blind the idiot behind me of course
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Boracic Junior Member Offline Posts: 115 Dartford Kent Gender: Drives: Omega 2.6 CDX	Re: brake disk cracked? Reply #10 - 13. Apr 2011 at 14:43 I have the same on my vented rears, I changed them because of it with VX disks, but when I last checked they look the same again
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dbug Omega Lord Offline Dont knock Linux! Posts: 7822 Northants Gender: Drives: 98 V6 Elite auto	Re: brake disk cracked? Reply #11 - 13. Apr 2011 at 20:03 mrgreen wrote on 13. Apr 2011 at 11:10: here's another piccy http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g417/richisells/brakes003.jpg Mark at 12 o'clock looks like a burn - not so sure though about faint mark at approx 10 - 11 o'clock.
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Re: brake disk cracked?
Reply #12 - 13. Apr 2011 at 20:15

mrgreen wrote on 13. Apr 2011 at 11:08:

can anyone tell me is this brake disk cracked it's only six months old but i suspect it may have been binding and i do get a pulsing through the wheel under braking

http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g417/richisells/brakes002.jpg

TIA

Pulsing can be caused by other than "warping" or "cracking" ... have a read here .....

http://www.powerbrake.co.za/tech_info/tech_01_judder.htm

If you find that useful, read the rest of the site... several pages of very good information on brakes

http://www.powerbrake.co.za/tech_info/tech.htm

HTH

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Re: brake disk cracked?
Reply #13 - 13. Apr 2011 at 23:12

Entwood wrote on 13. Apr 2011 at 20:15:

mrgreen wrote on 13. Apr 2011 at 11:08:

can anyone tell me is this brake disk cracked it's only six months old but i suspect it may have been binding and i do get a pulsing through the wheel under braking

http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g417/richisells/brakes002.jpg

TIA

Pulsing can be caused by other than "warping" or "cracking" ... have a read here .....

http://www.powerbrake.co.za/tech_info/tech_01_judder.htm

If you find that useful, read the rest of the site... several pages of very good information on brakes

http://www.powerbrake.co.za/tech_info/tech.htm

HTH

thanks entwood that is a great site looks like i may have cooked it! i did clean the hub before fitting but it's quite possible i missed bits! anyway i'm going to try and get them skimmed as i wan't to sell the car anyway and don't want to fork out for new pads, went for the m.o.t at mazda and i mentioned it to them and they failed it and as they weren't oem parts wouldn't touch them without replacing discs and pads and they failed it on the wish bones as the rubber which covers the bolt had perished no play just perished and could let water in so i'm off to another garage when i've got the brakes sorted! and if need be will glue rubber grommets over the wish bone bolts!!

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