Problems With Xr6t Brakes

[Guest harasn]

The fading that I reported maybe something else. What I experience is the need to apply more pressure to the brake pedal than when I originally first had the car. The pads feel less 'meatier' (maybe this is normal?). It still feels safer than my old Pulsar.

You should still have the same sort of pedal if not better as the pads wear to the shape of the disc's. Get it looked at you may have air in the system or something of the like. The pedal feel on the BA's, especially the XR's is fantastic!

[OwnaXR6T]

Really guys this is a big problem, ford needs to do something about it, this will be a huge problem for them replacing rotors every 6000km. I personally dont want to have to have them replaced halway threw my brake pad lifespan. I think we all should get free prmium brakes and those people who paid for them should get a refund. all honesty though I think im dreaming!!! :o

[XR6T_someday]

From what I have found out the steal relieving of the casting was not done before machining.

Don't know how true this is, but it can cause the disk to shine up under heat and that could be why the breaks are fading. The disks need to be heat treated to stop them warping under heat.

That’s what I heard from the guys at Ford anyway.

Is it true that the Premium breaks have the same problem? I was going to make the dealer put them on my car.

[IPhido]

Sounds like a very common problem people have with disc brakes..

Warpage during driving..

I managed to fix it on the car I bought by simply using the handbrake when at traffic lights, and if I was just using the peddle after a stop every 6-10 seconds I would roll it forward a fraction. So while waiting for a traffic light I would over say 1 minute eventually travel 1 metre with maybe 4 staggers.. When on flat ground I generally don't have any brakes on if the car will sit still. Car had warped rotors when I bought it second hand, pretty violent under brakes, with in a few weeks completely gone... Never had a issue since. Travelled about 70,000 km on my discs (same since purchase 4 years ago). replaced pads.. Discs are pretty skinny (had the pads changed, idiot machined them bastard, no need).. I drive pretty hard, have done some serious braking (200+kmph to standstill).. So hot if you licked your finger and touched the alloys it would bubble furiously until it was all gone.

Concidering how hard some people jump on brakes at traffic lights Im not suprised they have issues. In a 80 zone most people travel at say 90 or 100.. A few of those types of stop with 200-400kg of luggage in the car and brakes will get pretty warm.. in 80km traffic lights, generally they have longer waiting periods, of say 2 or 3 minutes. Most people actually push the peddle pretty hard when waiting, more than is needed, so the pad is very hard against the disc.. I would imagine manufactuers could test to see if this was enough to produce shuddering after time..

If I was getting less than 30,000 km of shudder free life out of my brakes I would be massively dissapointed, even with a few trackdays. Having your rotor machined is going to substancially reduce its life span.. They are maching metal off it after all. Your rotors won't last very long if your machine them every 5-10,000 km. I could imagine situations where the disc is very badly warped by say driving through water while its very hot and it may require machining..But otherwise I would try to drive it out.. After all driving made it warped, driving just might make it normal again..

[Guest FanTum]

Just for the record, I dont complain much but for sh!@s sake I had my rotors skimmed at 8500ks and now I have 17000ks and they need it again. The dealer only sympathised with me and said Ford are working on a fix. Is this true or do I just have to keep getting my rotor's machined and/or replaced every time!!!

Otherwise, what a pisser of a car!!!