Do i need to change my brakes?

• scotts07

  10 Sep 05, 22:03

  
  Hello FellowMates, I use to brake hard often,so i recently found out that my car brakes are really burning hot,after a journey,so does it means i have to change my rotor?
  
  And if sometimes,in multi storey car park,when i drive fast,and brake,the brake doesn't work well,in a sense,when i turn corner and brake at the same time,no matter how hard i brake,the car will still move around 5m more.
  
  Does it mean i have to change my rotor for better grip? What about my calipers?
• HENG@

  10 Sep 05, 23:00

  Originally posted by scotts07:

  Hello FellowMates, I use to brake hard often,so i recently found out that my car brakes are really burning hot,after a journey,so does it means i have to change my rotor?
  
  And if sometimes,in multi storey car park,when i drive fast,and brake,the brake doesn't work well,in a sense,when i turn corner and brake at the same time,no matter how hard i brake,the car will still move around 5m more.
  
  Does it mean i have to change my rotor for better grip? What about my calipers?

  move around 5m more? very vague leh. 5m forward, 5m sideways or what? besides it sounds like u have either a tyre grip problem, or your overall balance needs sorting out.
• seow

  11 Sep 05, 00:20

  What brakes won't turn hot under braking?
• nick34

  11 Sep 05, 06:57

  Originally posted by seow:

  What brakes won't turn hot under braking?

  Air brakes ???
• scotts07

  11 Sep 05, 08:39

  sorry.Not stated clearly. It moves 5mm forward.So i was thinking should i change my brakes?
  
  Regarding tyre grip,i have a new tyre,so i guess it should be ok.
• kmkm

  11 Sep 05, 11:44

  don't play play with brakes. if u find u are losing control over the brakes, then better go mechanic for check up to see what need to be changed. if inside car park can move 5m more, on the highway... unthinkable.
• ditzy

  11 Sep 05, 11:46

  Originally posted by scotts07:

  sorry.Not stated clearly. It moves 5mm forward.So i was thinking should i change my brakes?
  
  Regarding tyre grip,i have a new tyre,so i guess it should be ok.

  5mm? That's not even the width of my little finger.
• vincentchean

  11 Sep 05, 13:19

  gong xi fa cai
• Theatre Of Dreams

  11 Sep 05, 13:53

  Originally posted by scotts07:

  sorry.Not stated clearly. It moves 5mm forward.So i was thinking should i change my brakes?
  
  Regarding tyre grip,i have a new tyre,so i guess it should be ok.

  5mm: <-> (approximate, for normal pc monitor size)
  
  you really have super feel
• ditzy

  11 Sep 05, 14:21

  Originally posted by Theatre Of Dreams:

  5mm: <-> (approximate, for normal pc monitor size)
  
  you really have super feel

  I can safely bet takumi don't have supersenses like him.
• scotts07

  11 Sep 05, 20:36

  Originally posted by ditzy:

  I can safely bet takumi don't have supersenses like him.

  cammon,of course 5mm is just an estimation la. but anyway thanks,cos i think it's probaly multi-story car parks are slippery roads,not like normal roads,which are rough.
  
  Found out the fault already.Thanks all.
• houndy

  11 Sep 05, 22:06

  new car no need to change brakes... maybe you might just want to change brake pads or brake hose...
• HENG@

  12 Sep 05, 19:38

  5mm forward is not really a cause for concern. my tip would be to avoid driving fast in multi-storey carparks anyway
• tailslide

  12 Sep 05, 23:57

  Originally posted by scotts07:

  Hello FellowMates, I use to brake hard often,so i recently found out that my car brakes are really burning hot,after a journey,so does it means i have to change my rotor?
  
  And if sometimes,in multi storey car park,when i drive fast,and brake,the brake doesn't work well,in a sense,when i turn corner and brake at the same time,no matter how hard i brake,the car will still move around 5m more.
  
  Does it mean i have to change my rotor for better grip? What about my calipers?

  the problem isn't ur brakes, it how u drive. most everday driving would never see u overheat ur brakes, even if its really hard braking over a series of traffic lites coz there's more then enuff time in between for them to cool. the brakes might even get grippier with each stop as it heats up to its operational temps. the only event i forsee anyone overheating their stock brakes is when u are tracking ur car or simply pure mindless driving on public roads (and carparks too)
  
  brake so late for wat? u think u heng izit?
• nick34

  13 Sep 05, 01:29

  Originally posted by tailslide:

  brake so late for wat? u think u heng izit?

  Heng@ No.2 ??
• HENG@

  15 Sep 05, 02:07

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• tailslide

  19 Sep 05, 00:57

  Originally posted by nick34:

  Heng@ No.2 ??

  i wonder which moron wanna be like him....
• HENG@

  19 Sep 05, 01:04

  Originally posted by tailslide:

  i wonder which moron wanna be like him....

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