SOLD Cusco Hybrid Strut Brace with MCB

[SOLD Cusco Hybrid Strut Brace with MCB]

Interested please check your PMs.

[Rotational Squeaking from Discs?]

No es bueno. My front discs when I got the car.

[Rotational Squeaking from Discs?]

On 8/23/2019 at 10:24 AM, KAS said:

Oh check out the uneven wear on the inside of factory discs and pads after 4 years and 32,000 miles!

Most likely another reason why the rears start to squeak so much.

Also, the single use carrier bolts get pretty bad which is why toyota say to replace them

The pads look like shit but still have a lot of friction material left. Discs are a fucking disaster though. Mine were even worse and delaminated in my hands after 60k or so. Nothing wrong with bolts just surface rust.

[Rotational Squeaking from Discs?]

2 hours ago, Church said:

Do cossie make their own pads at all? Weren't those rebranded of some other vendor? Maybe even from one of those you mentioned as flawless ones ..

No idea. They said Cosworth so I assumed they were made by them and they were the only ones I had issues with. They work good though for what they are.

[Rotational Squeaking from Discs?]

On 7/25/2019 at 4:01 PM, KAS said:

You shouldn't really have to file the pads themselves.  The caliper carrier contact points should be filed down to clean metal and all brake dust and crud cleaned off. 

 

 

That's very true unless you get Cosworth Streetmasters which have shitty manufacturing tolerances and one of the pads would not fit no matter what for me. Even when everything got cleaned to almost "as new" condition. So your mileage may vary. Never had issues with EBC, Pagid or PFC pads - so fuck Cosworth. Am I allowed to say "fuck" ? 

[Which diff oil?]

On 7/22/2019 at 7:15 PM, Church said:

By chance have part numbers for washers that need to be changed when changing diff & gearbox oils?

Call Toyota, diff washers are cheap. From my experience there is no need to change the gearbox washers as they are very thick and quite expensive at £7 each for a washer!! I'm running Motul 300 and I can't complain. 

[Recall issued on cars to have valve springs replaced 2012-2013]

I got my recall done at Bristol Motorline South. I've driven 70 miles since in a very spirited way and the car seems fine. Paul (master technician there) seems to be knowledgeable and familiar with pitfalls associated with this job. 

[Rotational Squeaking from Discs?]

What caused the squeaking for me was a 1.5mm deep hole that has suddenly appeared in my new Mintex disc and it was hitting the brake pad in sync with rotation. Lessons learned Mintex discs are shit.

[Popping / clicking noise front slow turns]

According to the research I've done it's the anti-roll bar slowly moving in the dirty rubber bushings as it loads when you turn the wheel slowly. Since getting to it is a real pain I suggest you ignore or try lubing with silicone spray or other rubber friendly penetrating fluid.