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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Martin_1962 on 12 January 2010, 20:09:29
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I want to rebuild my rear brakes and fit new shoes - where can I get them cheap from please?
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Got Halfords trade?
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I personally wouldn't bother with cheap shoes... They'll come unbonded and you'll end up doing it again
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Got Halfords trade?
Haven't been able to blag them yet >:( >:( :( :(
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Got Halfords trade?
Haven't been able to blag them yet >:( >:( :( :(
Trade Club invoice from a Vx dealer did it for me :y
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Got Halfords trade?
Haven't been able to blag them yet >:( >:( :( :(
Trade Club invoice from a Vx dealer did it for me :y
Tried that :( :(
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Shoes only work the handbrake, they will last you the rest of your life even if they ate cheap & nesty.
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Shoes only work the handbrake, they will last you the rest of your life even if they ate cheap & nesty.
Apart from the fact the really cheap ones aren't bonded very well ;) ;)
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Got Halfords trade?
Haven't been able to blag them yet >:( >:( :( :(
Trade Club invoice from a Vx dealer did it for me :y
Tried that :( :(
Try another branch :)
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£10 on e-bay's
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I'll need to check my paypal as I have just blown my keyfob funds on some new discs
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Do not buy cheapo clone ones, the ones I tried off Ebay came apart from the backing after a few thousand miles. Same as most of the aftermarket crap I also tried and subsequently had to replace with VX stuff because they had failed to last. I ended up taking advice and bought the VX ones - more expensive yes, but will last the life of the car now seeing the original ones had been on for 160000 miles anyway (they were not worn out either, about 50% worn), I just changed them because I thought it would help the mot.
Good idea to wangle a trade card though, tried getting someone local with one to get it on your behalf?
GudLuk
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Martin,
if its any help vauxhall ones would be £42.49 + VAT
Cheers
Andy
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I use the Ferrodo ones from Hellfruads, just under £15 the last set I bought. They seem to be fine.
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Do not buy cheapo clone ones, the ones I tried off Ebay came apart from the backing after a few thousand miles. Same as most of the aftermarket crap I also tried and subsequently had to replace with VX stuff because they had failed to last. I ended up taking advice and bought the VX ones - more expensive yes, but will last the life of the car now seeing the original ones had been on for 160000 miles anyway (they were not worn out either, about 50% worn), I just changed them because I thought it would help the mot.
Good idea to wangle a trade card though, tried getting someone local with one to get it on your behalf?
GudLuk
Posted by: Lazydocker Posted on: Yesterday at 22:14
Agemo wrote on Yesterday at 22:05:
Shoes only work the handbrake, they will last you the rest of your life even if they ate cheap & nesty.
Apart from the fact the really cheap ones aren't bonded very well Wink Wink
::) ::)
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Stealer £65 or so :o
Hellfrauds £24 or so :o
Any Hellfrauds card owners near me please?
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Try Partco if you have one near. Its what most garages use for non-gen spares and they sell for less than halfords trade normally.
Al
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I'll phone the places next week then.
Still need to sort rear pads £45 is silly
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Sure I paid around £15 for rear pads. I know some swear by genuine parts, but after having family in the trade and using pattern parts I just cant justify the cost difference. My pattern front disk/pads can still get the ABS on in the dry.
Al
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I personally wouldn't bother with cheap shoes... They'll come unbonded and you'll end up doing it again
I concur! ;)
Experience - found it a few times, not just on Vauxhalls either.
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I personally wouldn't bother with cheap shoes... They'll come unbonded and you'll end up doing it again
I concur! ;)
Experience - found it a few times, not just on Vauxhalls either.
Dont forgot there are cheap parts and c**p parts. Motor factors sell to garages and the garage will normally warrant the parts. Just cause its not a Vaux part doesnt mean its poor.
There are always excpetions though!
Al
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Try BuyPartsBy £12.56+Vat for mintex, worth the delivery if you needed anything else. http://www.buypartsby.co.uk/brake-shoes-buy.php
I’ve just replaced my rear discs, pads, shoes and handbrake cable and both wheels now bind. How much meat should there be on a rear pad?
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Try BuyPartsBy £12.56+Vat for mintex, worth the delivery if you needed anything else. http://www.buypartsby.co.uk/brake-shoes-buy.php
I’ve just replaced my rear discs, pads, shoes and handbrake cable and both wheels now bind. How much meat should there be on a rear pad?
Is it the shoes that are binding? That would mean they need adjusting. Pads would most likely be dirt or the paint on the side of the pad needs removing.
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Handbrake is fine or will be once I've been able to adjust it. It's the pads to discs that's the problem. They are GM pads (93169001) but I thought they looked a bit deep at 13mm.
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I personally wouldn't bother with cheap shoes... They'll come unbonded and you'll end up doing it again
I concur! ;)
Experience - found it a few times, not just on Vauxhalls either.
Dont forgot there are cheap parts and c**p parts. Motor factors sell to garages and the garage will normally warrant the parts. Just cause its not a Vaux part doesnt mean its poor.
There are always excpetions though!
Al
Very true - I was thinking of stupid cheap parts.
Like 'Made In China' things.
£6 for Astra Mk2 van rear shoes - I mean, would you? ;)
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dont use cheap hand brake shoes !!!!!!!!! there not worth it ... the lineing will crack and brake off ...... make sure wen you replace them you check your cables ... there buggers for seazing up ...... but easy to replace .....
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Handbrake is fine or will be once I've been able to adjust it. It's the pads to discs that's the problem. They are GM pads (93169001) but I thought they looked a bit deep at 13mm.
I take it they are new pads? If so were they a loose fit into the caliper? ie did they slide in (horizontaly) nice and easy. It is often the case that either the paint needs taking of the edge of the new pad where it touches the caliper bracket, or clean the caliper its self though it is normally easier to do the pad as it is in your hand. The pad needs to slide nice and freely forwards and backwards as there is no pressure to make the pad move free of the disk.
If that makes sense.
Al
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Read pads come in around £15 from dealer on TC. Last set of shoes I fitted, Ferrodo from hellfrauds about 2yrs ago, were under £15