HELP! E36 M3 Evo brake issue
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Topic: HELP! E36 M3 Evo brake issue
Posted By: ZERO
Subject: HELP! E36 M3 Evo brake issue
Date Posted: 02-December-2005 at 09:03
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Hi I own a 1996 E36 M3 Evo Saloon, in January of this year i had new discs fitted to the front, about a month ago the car developed problems with the NSF, after a short time smoke would start to pour out from behind the wheel and the heat was immense, obviously the calliper was not releasing correctly and the pad was rubbing against the disc, i took the car to a different garage and they identified the issue and as part of this replaced both front discs, a few weeks later i raised the question why did they replaced both front discs when the problem was just with the NSF, their reply has been that on M3's the discs are side specific and the original garage had fitted the discs the wrong way round. can anyone confirm this please! ------------- Life is funny just not Ha Ha funny! |
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: 02-December-2005 at 09:09
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new to me! I can't think of any reason why this would be the case. In any case, brakes should always be fitted in 'ends', as in all fronts, all rears or all together, never one side only. I can see why they'll change both discs as that much heat on the N/S has probably destroyed the disc and change the pair. sounds like a pad jammed on a dirty slide to me... ------------- 
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Posted By: ZERO
Date Posted: 02-December-2005 at 09:13
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Many thanks for the prompt reply.
------------- Life is funny just not Ha Ha funny! |
Posted By: bigbird76
Date Posted: 02-December-2005 at 13:01
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The diska are handed L and R hand i believe, I have EBC Turbo groove fitted to my M3 and they are also handed. ------------- Leigh 
1996 M3 3.2 Evolution Coupe./// http://leighm3wales.tripod.com/m3 
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Posted By: bbuk
Date Posted: 02-December-2005 at 16:16
| never trust garages. calipers seizing up is a common problem on the EVO's. The seal comes off and water attacks the piston and over time it seizes up. |
Posted By: bigbird76
Date Posted: 02-December-2005 at 16:26
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True i serviced my own calipers when 1 of myne ceised up i did both of them the seals were not much ------------- Leigh
1996 M3 3.2 Evolution Coupe./// http://leighm3wales.tripod.com/m3
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Posted By: Pooky
Date Posted: 04-December-2005 at 17:03
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The discs are side specific on front and rear, when I bought my car the rear discs were on the wrong sides so replaced them as you shouldn't really swap them as the wear pateerns would have been different. Basically the first garage you used didn't know what they were doing. ------------- 
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Posted By: bigbird76
Date Posted: 04-December-2005 at 17:14
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Cant you swap the pads over also?? thus keeping the same wear patten? ------------- Leigh
1996 M3 3.2 Evolution Coupe./// http://leighm3wales.tripod.com/m3
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Pooky wrote: