weird one on brakes

[1.9...stefan]

right, my brakes were making a light squeeling noise over the past couple of weeks,,, so today i thought id bring the car in and check the out....got it on the ramp and found that the pads were glazed, not the end of the world,,, a little sand and no more glaze... whilst replacing the drivers side caliper to carrier i noticed the problem....
the carrier, which is a complete stubb axle/hub, had the top bolt which connects caliper to carrier had absolutly no threads... and the bottom blot had 1 individual thread. so my caliper was held in place with one thread.... so im .... the brakes are all fairly new and were replaced by a well known audi/vw specialist which i will not name... but they had been in this condition for sometime as the bolts were there was no thread were rusted... im thinking this could of happened by over tighening the bolts??? the cars still in the workshop and im off to middlesborough to hopefully collect a complete unit tommorow for £30... but will be enquiring on the internet tonight about possibly an early upgrade... anyway the cars in the workshop over night as it wasnt safe to drive so just thought id post this to warn people that the pros might not always be the best, and because i was generally surprised... cheers

 

[Witalik]

how long ago did they work on your brakes ?

you should go back to that shop and let them fix it for you ?

 

[1.9...stefan]

about 5 months ago,,, it wasnt me that had it done it was the previous owner but got the reciept with my reg on etc so i may give them a call... but car needs to be back on the road asap as i need to travel for work... and the garage isnt perticually near me... but its a wise idea and a may call to see if they can reimburse me for my expense,,, also the cars got 3yr extended warrenty on it, i rang them today but they just dont like to work fast... next week at the earliest they said

cheers

 

[1.9...stefan]

??? just looking and my carrier was built in to the hub,,, a stubb axle as its called,,, i looked on ebay at a lc 312 brakes and they had a seperate carrier... is this different for facelift, non facelift, petrol, diesel, leon, toledo as when i rang seat MD today for a price they were convinced that the car had a seperate carrier to hub

cheers

 

[ian_cupra]

was it a certain garage off grimsby road???

 

[1.9...stefan]

nah mate,,, somewhere outside lincolnshire,,, dont mind saying who it was just dont want to get in trouble with the mods.... am i allowed to say or best to keep stump

 

[ian_cupra]

shame, hope you can get it sorted mate, were you going to go the strip at pod then??

 

[1.9...stefan]

was yes gonna run down pod,,, not sure now tho,,, hopefully should be sorted tommorow evening but i have checked the reciept now and they did the rear brakes aswell,,, am a bit weary of doing a long journey before i check the rears as you can imigine

cheers

 

[ian_cupra]

who is sorting the fronts?

 

[1.9...stefan]

me... leaving to go to newcastle tommorow morning 6 o clock... back down with a complete front hub assembly, and a few bits i manage to nick of the car being broken lol, new hub on brakes etc should be done by the evening, if i have any extre time then will check the rears over but dont think i will as im out tommorow night and dont think il manage to fit it in round work on saturday

 

[ian_cupra]

cool, hope you get it sorted

 

[1.9...stefan]

cheers man apprieciated

 

[ian_cupra]

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