Best rear brake setup.

[DaveH]

Ive been neglecting the beakes on the valver for a while and it could do with a full overhaul so was just wondering what the general concensus would be as to which disc/pad setup to go for (preferably uprated and not overly expensive) I take it with uprated discs id have to by the bearings/races seperate from gsf or similar?

Also my brake load compensator is seized- wheres the best place to get these from?

Cheers people.

[richy]

personally i wouldnt go with anything more then std on the back, but make sure the calipers etc are working,

gsf do the compensators btw

[MAXIBOY]

standard rear brakes are totally fine...as there no weight and without a big spoiler no weight at speed.
compensator renault only i,m afraid though you could get a seal kit and rebuild yours as there 100 quid odd..
could fit a adjustable rear brake valve if you altered the brake lines though..

[DaveH]

£100+ Well standard saves me a fair bit but will these handle the occassional track day?

I had it on the brake tester at work and the rear efficiency is crap for both hand and foot brake, n/s is worse so i think i have a bit of a seizure as its binding as well. Also with the rear end lowered the valve is near its stop anyway so i dont know if itd make a difference, are they fairly easy to refurb then?

So what would a rough cost be for new rear brake setup- calipers, discs, bearings, pads and refurb of the compensator?

Maxiboy- what would be involved in converting it- just a case of running new pipes and fabricating a bracket, can it be in car controllable?

Cheers fellas

[richy]

standard will be fine on the back on track, as maxiboy said the fronts take most of the abuse

[MAXIBOY]

hi mate yes you could make it in car controllable if you want. didn,t know gsf did the compensator's rebuilt mine as i wasn,t paying that.

brand new rear brakes including calipers discs bearings cables should be able to do the lot for 150/200 at gsf. if they do compensator's fit one of those as they can be adjusted and once set you are not going to play with it at all.

[stevie_b]

what would be involved in converting it- just a case of running new pipes and fabricating a bracket, can it be in car controllable?

Yes, with one of these, or similar:



That said I've now removed the original load compensator from mine to replace with the above, so if you need a good condition one (my car has only done 40-odd k miles since new) then PM me as I'm happy to flog it for a lot less than the cost of a new one!

[MAXIBOY]

my advice would be getting everything up to spec then upgrade the bits you need to. lots of standard parts are very good once 100%

rear brakes are fine though. i,m running brand new standard brakes and still need to adjust the compensator to stop them locking up even with larger tyres..

[stevie_b]

rear brakes are fine though. i,m running brand new standard brakes and still need to adjust the compensator to stop them locking up even with larger tyres..

What he said. I've had to go with the in car adjuster to give them less bite, although there is a lot of weight gone from the rear of my car

[DaveH]

I think that sounds good- like the sounds of all new brake setup as i know itl be the best it can be, then i'll be able to see the progress upgraded parts make.

Maxiboy- sorry bit confused mate do you run a rebuilt compensator or a bias valve as locking up sounds extreme as mine wont even stop the rollers! If so was it difficult to do? Hoping to do at work between bout half 8 and 2 ish one saturday im not working as i need the car pretty much every day.