This Is Why You Shouldnt Leave Cars Standing...

[Stu 18]

 

Those were brand new 1155's about 2 years ago, fitted them, did maybe 1 or 2 trackdays and circa 300 road miles. Parked it up for about 18 months while i was doing the house, and thats the result

[Batfink 201]

get a grinding disc on them and take them down a few mm?

[Tom Fenton 1,540]

Bastard file works well to reface pads. I'd use those!

[welshpug 1,655]

is that a technical name for them Tom? will I get laughed at if I go down to the tool shop and ask for one?

[deathbringer929 49 1 Cars]

i know that they're an expensive pad but seriously is it worth the risk?

[Tom Fenton 1,540]

Welsh, Google it and see!

 

Death, take a mm or two off and you are back to good friction material. At over £100 a set I would and have faced them off and used them again.

[deathbringer929 49 1 Cars]

Welsh, Google it and see!

 

Death, take a mm or two off and you are back to good friction material. At over £100 a set I would and have faced them off and used them again.

your just tight tom. lol. i'll sell you all my old ones!!

[Tom Fenton 1,540]

They are expensive enough that I like to get my moneys worth!! Took my red car to Cadwell once, put some worn 1155's in it, it managed the half day afternoon session, but on the way home had to make a pit stop in a layby and put some standard pads back in as the 1155's were down to nowt!

[allanallen 528 2 Cars]

Tom, this'll make you sick...

 

The pads in my 309 require 1mm machining off each pad face to fit them in! I breathe in all the pad dust so as not to waste any mind!

[Tom Fenton 1,540]

Al, I had to do that to the pads for the Alcon 4 pots on the MOP. Never fear though I didn't breathe any in as my tears whilst having to do it to brand new pads kept the dust down lovely.

[allanallen 528 2 Cars]

I get the pleasure of picking 1155 bogies though

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

How do they compare to standard bogies?

[GLPoomobile 958]

is that a technical name for them Tom? will I get laughed at if I go down to the tool shop and ask for one?

As a teenager, I found it most amusing to see 'Bastard file' labelled on the tool board in the CDT class (what you proper old farts would have called Woodwork class) at school.

 

Of course now I'm grown up I don't find the name Bastard File at all amusing. Snigger...........bastard..........haaaaaa

[Biggles 65]

I glazed a set of 1155's a few years ago and an extremely knowledgable chap called Alan (some of you may know who I mean) said you might recover them by filing them down a bit.

I'd be quite happy to file them down & bed them in again and see how they were. At worst, I'd throw them away if i didn't like the feel so I'd have lost nothing.

[calvinhorse 870]

How do they compare to standard bogies?

More consistent even when hot

[Tom Fenton 1,540]

More consistent even when hot

 

Take a bit more warming up though eh?

[Stu 18]

Interesting... I did consider re-facing them, but what about the surface cracks? is that normal then?

 

If so ill hang on to them and reface them, try them in the next track rat