Brake disc advice

[MD5]

Could anyone advise me on how these discs would fare in an mot test please? At least an advisory? Replacement imminent?

 

[OneForTheRoad]

Id say a fail if that's a crack.

 

[ALFAitalia]

If thats a crack at about 11 o'clock then its a fail.... cracks are not a failure unless they extend to the outer edge but that looks like it does. The condition of the surface does not matter as long as they are not worn to specified min thickness and pass the test on the rollers. They look like a bit or hard braking would clean them up anyway. But get a good look at that crack.

 

[st13phil]

If thats a crack at about 11 o'clock then its a fail

Agreed. It's difficult to tell from the photo as it might just be a witness mark from where the brake pad was on the disc when it was parked. Easy enough to tell in the real world, but not possible from that one photo.

 

[ALFAitalia]

Maybe......but does not look the right shape for that....need a better pic not taken with a box brownie to really know.

 

[MD5]

Thanks for the replies. I've been told that the brakes are new, anything between two weeks and two months, and it's just surface rust. Maybe the fault lies within the photograph.

 

[OneForTheRoad]

Thanks for the replies. I've been told that the brakes are new, anything between two weeks and two months, and it's just surface rust. Maybe the fault lies within the photograph.

Bull$hit.

 

[johnsco]

The pads may be new.
The discs are certainly not new.
Someone is pulling your leg.
The mark looks like a crack - Hard to say from a photo.
Even if it isn't a crack, the discs are in poor shape.

 

[OneForTheRoad]

Worn and pitted due to rust being banged off them with a hammer. New pads won't even bed in on those . Not properly anyways.

 

[MSG2004]

Why not get them checked out for free at a fast fit. For units two weeks to a month old, to me it looks like a bit more than rust
How do the brakes feel when braking gently/mid and hard?
Get them checked free and if there is something going on, at least you can get it sorted before it becomes a bigger problem.

 

[RichardF]

The inside face is always worse too. They look like a candidate for replacement.

Outside face v inside face

 

[Trickythemerc]

Just change them and fit new pads.

 

[jdrrco]

Duplicate post

 

[MD5]

Just change them and fit new pads.

I haven't bought the car yet,

 

[Will]

Thanks for the replies. I've been told that the brakes are new, anything between two weeks and two months, and it's just surface rust. Maybe the fault lies within the photograph.

It’s possible that they’ve only been used for 2 months, then parked up outside for a long time?

Agreed, that doesn’t look like a crack in the first pic to me - likely again where the pad has been sitting against the disc and water has sat.

Ask the seller to drive it for a couple of hundred miles and take some new pics

What car is it Mike?

 

[rf065]

Thanks for the replies. I've been told that the brakes are new, anything between two weeks and two months, and it's just surface rust. Maybe the fault lies within the photograph.

Still a lot of visible grey paint on the discs, so not that old and probably barely used. I'd say at least 2 years old before I'd say 2 weeks or 2 months.

 

[OneForTheRoad]

Look at the chunks of corrosion on that . Or is it just muck ?

 

[tonysmb]

That disc certainly doesn't look new or nearly-new to me.

 

[MSG2004]

That disc certainly doesn't look new or nearly-new to me.

The picture of the pads and disc looked properly stuffed up to me ie years old or a very, very hard life

 

[RichardF]

Just budget for new brakes.