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[Webby the Bear]

Hi guys, as above. Keep getting this warning on the dash. I've had a visual check done by ATS and they said the pads at the front are ''full'' and the ones at the back are halfway. The discs are apparently fine too.

I wonder if I have a sensor problem.

I decided to see if an emergency stop (in a safe, deserted environment) would cure anything ''sticking'' and the warning hasn't been up since. I'm thinking that may be coincidence but maybe not? 

If it is a sensor problem, any easy fixes?

Cheers guys 

[TheBoy]

shagged sensor

[dbug]

Or as TB says sensor breaked 

[Webby the Bear]

shagged sensor

Cheers mate. I'll check the guides in a mo 

[omega3000]

Is this on RALF your talking about 

[Webby the Bear]

Is this on RALF your talking about 

lol no mate... Daisy 

[omega3000]

Is this on RALF your talking about 

lol no mate... Daisy 

Ok , dont make ralf feel left out ...i got the same thing happening on my car with the brake sensors 

[YZ250]

shagged sensor

Only the once. Surely that's not what caused it. 

[Andy B]

Hi guys, as above. Keep getting this warning on the dash. I've had a visual check done by ATS and they said the pads at the front are ''full'' and the ones at the back are halfway. The discs are apparently fine too.

I wonder if I have a sensor problem.

I decided to see if an emergency stop (in a safe, deserted environment) would cure anything ''sticking'' and the warning hasn't been up since. I'm thinking that may be coincidence but maybe not? 

If it is a sensor problem, any easy fixes?

Cheers guys 

As Jamie so eloquently put it, you need a new sensor or two. They clip to the butterfly shaped anti-rattle spring located on each pad and as the pads wear, the sensor gets closer & closer to the disc until eventually it worn though & breaks the circuit. What also happens is that the sensor gets worn through earlier than needed because the unworn lip on the edge of the disc wears the sensor through way before the pad needs replacement.
Your options are :-
two new sensors & accept that they will wear early
Dress the edge of the disc so the lip is less prominent
cut the white sensor off & join the two wires together & check your pads visually like in the old days 

[Webby the Bear]

Hi guys, as above. Keep getting this warning on the dash. I've had a visual check done by ATS and they said the pads at the front are ''full'' and the ones at the back are halfway. The discs are apparently fine too.

I wonder if I have a sensor problem.

I decided to see if an emergency stop (in a safe, deserted environment) would cure anything ''sticking'' and the warning hasn't been up since. I'm thinking that may be coincidence but maybe not? 

If it is a sensor problem, any easy fixes?

Cheers guys 

As Jamie so eloquently put it, you need a new sensor or two. They clip to the butterfly shaped anti-rattle spring located on each pad and as the pads wear, the sensor gets closer & closer to the disc until eventually it worn though & breaks the circuit. What also happens is that the sensor gets worn through earlier than needed because the unworn lip on the edge of the disc wears the sensor through way before the pad needs replacement.
Your options are :-
two new sensors & accept that they will wear early
Dress the edge of the disc so the lip is less prominent
cut the white sensor off & join the two wires together & check your pads visually like in the old days 

Thanks for that explanation Andy 

Do the pads still come with that tab that ''squeals'' when the brake pads are worn? I'd rather do them visually TBH 

[Andy B]

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Do the pads still come with that tab that ''squeals'' when the brake pads are worn?

never have had that 'tab' on an Omega or Senator or Astra F or G 

I'd rather do them visually TBH 

Luddite!  I suppose you prefer wind up windows too 

[Webby the Bear]

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Do the pads still come with that tab that ''squeals'' when the brake pads are worn?

never have had that 'tab' on an Omega or Senator or Astra F or G 

I'd rather do them visually TBH 

Luddite!  I suppose you prefer wind up windows too 

Haha not a Luddite... just don't see the point in fitting something that is maybe going to misinform me!  What could I do to the disc lip to aid the problem?

[Andy B]

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 What could I do to the disc lip to aid the problem?

File/grind it off, but as you had to ask, I'd then say leave it alone. 

[TheBoy]

Has it done it since last pad change? If so, probably the prat who did it broke the sensor. Or that it was worn through, but didn't replace it.

IME, when not being handled, they are quite robust in use (and brittle as hell when you work on them)

[Webby the Bear]

Has it done it since last pad change? If so, probably the prat who did it broke the sensor. Or that it was worn through, but didn't replace it.

IME, when not being handled, they are quite robust in use (and brittle as hell when you work on them)

No. pads changed last november. sensor came on last week.