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Roger V
Firing on two.
Joined: March 21st, 2013, 12:04 am
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Location: Exeter, Devon
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 Re: Brake fade Glad your sorted. 
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ken
Agony Aunt - You have a car problem? Speak to Ken
Joined: March 6th, 2009, 1:40 am
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Re: Brake fade Wonder if it will ever dawn on the proprietor of the Oxford Abbatoir that cleaning up components and giving them a coat of (silver) paint doesn't count as 'reconditioning'... 
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Two Chevrons
Firing on two.
Joined: August 17th, 2010, 11:47 pm
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Location: Chichester West Sussex
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Re: Brake fade rob massey55 wrote: Is the dog called Lucky   Maybe I should have taken her in it to the mot station !
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Two Chevrons
Firing on two.
Joined: August 17th, 2010, 11:47 pm
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Location: Chichester West Sussex
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Re: Brake fade ken wrote: Wonder if it will ever dawn on the proprietor of the Oxford Abbatoir that cleaning up components and giving them a coat of (silver) paint doesn't count as 'reconditioning'... Lesson learnt ! They have gone back through the eBay return policy , hope I get a refund...
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Two Chevrons
Firing on two.
Joined: August 17th, 2010, 11:47 pm
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Location: Chichester West Sussex
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Re: Brake fade Roger V wrote: Glad your sorted. Thankyou ps I also have some shrouds to fit to now
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Ianredspecial
Firing on two.
Joined: June 22nd, 2014, 8:09 pm
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Location: Reading, Berks UK
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Re: Brake fade Glad she's fixed.
I don't have the shrouds and never have. I did once have complete loss of brakes due to them overheating, but I had quite warped discs and was descending down from Exmoor with a car full of stuff from moving house for someone.
I was becoming more and more steep and winding with warning signs, so I had to use one of those emergency run offs! All a bit scary.
I had new discs put on and its been fine since. Just thought I'd chime in for a future reader who might be having problems.
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Two Chevrons
Firing on two.
Joined: August 17th, 2010, 11:47 pm
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Location: Chichester West Sussex
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Re: Brake fade Ianredspecial wrote: Glad she's fixed.
I don't have the shrouds and never have. I did once have complete loss of brakes due to them overheating, but I had quite warped discs and was descending down from Exmoor with a car full of stuff from moving house for someone.
I was becoming more and more steep and winding with warning signs, so I had to use one of those emergency run offs! All a bit scary.
I had new discs put on and its been fine since. Just thought I'd chime in for a future reader who might be having problems. Interesting I think Sam had the same issue downhill once and since then he installed shrouds and not had failure I believe.
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Ianredspecial
Firing on two.
Joined: June 22nd, 2014, 8:09 pm
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Location: Reading, Berks UK
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Re: Brake fade Hmm. I have always put it down to the very warped discs.
Funnily enough only heard about the shrouds recently and was thinking of picking some up.
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Derek
Firing on two.
Joined: April 20th, 2017, 10:55 pm
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Re: Brake fade In the design stage someone thought they might be needed. Though the GS has inboard discs there are no such shrouds.
They had been lost/removed on my old Acad, never had brake fade. But never drove down mountains.
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| August 18th, 2018, 9:10 am |
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chevrons2
Firing on two.
Joined: April 9th, 2010, 12:21 am
Posts: 464
Location: West Sussex
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Re: Brake fade Derek wrote: In the design stage someone thought they might be needed. Though the GS has inboard discs there are no such shrouds..... That's true but then on the Olcit/Axel (which had the GS engine, gearbox & brakes) had vented discs!
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