Discussion
Had my R500 for 4 years now. V. happy. However....
On the way to Le Mans, I started getting an odd feeling under braking at slow speed. Feels like warped discs (or at least I think it does, never having had them). Basically, at slow speed you get an uneven pull from the brakes, resulting in a slight, but ever so annoying, low speed lurch. The effect is worse once the brakes are warmed up.
At a recent factory service I was told this is common to many caterhams, and not a problem (unless it realy annoys you). I am told brakes are all good and I trust them on this, (given they have faithfully looked after the car all these years).
But I have never heard of this before and the lack of a technical explanation leaves me unsettled. Does anyone else have experience of this? And if so, did you find a fix for it, without replacing everything?
And/or, are there any known Caterham experts around Sussex who could give a second opinion if I did want to, because it really is bloody annoying.
On the way to Le Mans, I started getting an odd feeling under braking at slow speed. Feels like warped discs (or at least I think it does, never having had them). Basically, at slow speed you get an uneven pull from the brakes, resulting in a slight, but ever so annoying, low speed lurch. The effect is worse once the brakes are warmed up.
At a recent factory service I was told this is common to many caterhams, and not a problem (unless it realy annoys you). I am told brakes are all good and I trust them on this, (given they have faithfully looked after the car all these years).
But I have never heard of this before and the lack of a technical explanation leaves me unsettled. Does anyone else have experience of this? And if so, did you find a fix for it, without replacing everything?
And/or, are there any known Caterham experts around Sussex who could give a second opinion if I did want to, because it really is bloody annoying.
I had the brakes replaced last year and they have done relatively little since. I used to do alot more in the car (road & track) but never experienced this problam before.
The factory checked everything and said they are not warped and all OK. This is what is so annoying - they say everything is OK, yet I still have this issue. They know I will pay to make it good, but could not point to what I would need to change to make it go away (except perhaps everything).
The one hint they had was that I may have had my foot on the brake in town after heavy cross-country use and this has left a "shadow" on the disc - but again Simon said this is common, "don't worry about it".
Ummm.
(I am aware of the handbrake mistake and to my knowledge have observed this faithfully over the years).
Not sure where this leaves me ?
The factory checked everything and said they are not warped and all OK. This is what is so annoying - they say everything is OK, yet I still have this issue. They know I will pay to make it good, but could not point to what I would need to change to make it go away (except perhaps everything).
The one hint they had was that I may have had my foot on the brake in town after heavy cross-country use and this has left a "shadow" on the disc - but again Simon said this is common, "don't worry about it".
Ummm.
(I am aware of the handbrake mistake and to my knowledge have observed this faithfully over the years).
Not sure where this leaves me ?
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