Talk Morgan Forums Thread Like Summary - Plus 4 brake callipers

Last MOT the brake test showed significant imbalance of the front brakes. My tester is a good chap so I asked him to take it for a drive and try the brakes which he did and agreed with me that the car brakes straight and true. They continued to perform fine all season.

I’m about to start my annual ‘pre MOT service and check’ and I intend to have a look at the possibility of a sticky piston

I’m wondering if anyone has experienced a similar scenario and if so what solutions did you employ?

It’s a 2012 plus 4 with standard brakes all round. Very low mileage of just 8K so likely to still be on original pads with lots of life left. I may change them anyway so what do folk recommend?

Thanks

Gary

Surely racing pads have to work when the discs are very hot, and they don't work so well when cold. That's why racers always take it a bit easier for the first couple of laps until the brakes are up to temperature.

Road cars on the other hand spend most of their time with the brakes stone cold, and need their brakes to work at optimum efficiency straight from cold. The downside is that they don't work as well when the discs are really hot, which is why you get brake fade when going down alpine passes.

TBH I can't think of anything worse than track pads on a road car.

Personally not a fan of Greenstuff...snakeoil claims of low dust etc

Mintex, too hard for tootling about in public & and aren't approved either

I still prefer good 'owd Ferodo, just look up Austin Princess (no giggling at the back) nice progressive feel, no squealing, good life