Right im confused...




fitting my new discs, pads and refurbed calipers today (courtesy of Ian@Godspeed I thank you sir!)
but this disc says offside - although from looking through ppls pics they seem to be going the otherway??????

Can anyone just put my mind at rest before i get these fitted pls????

Thanks guys!

 

If you do a search you'll get your answer, but anyway its not the grooves on the outside that matter its the ones inbetween the two plates

 

trust me buddy iv been looking for the past half hour...

some are this way and some are the other????? Think im just gonna stick with what it says on the disc anyway - im sure Ian knows what hes talking about right!!

Regards

 

As above, check the venting between the 2 plates, if they are going in the opposite direction as the grooves then they are marked up correctly.

 

Most of the makes have the grooves going that direction, K sport seem to have there's going the other way.

But as said it doesn't really matter so long as the ones on the inside of the disc (the bits that the hold the two half's of discs together) are going the right directio.,

But saying that, some discs don't have curved internal vain's though!!!! they just come straight out

 

Thats the correct way. (I have them on my car )

If Mr Godney says its that way then its that way

Rule of thumb is the grooves bend towards (point) the rear of the car at the top of the disc. (except for K-sport which seem to be fitted backwards!!)

 

Thanks guys!!

Although its really not my day today - iv just realised that i also sent off all my bolts which attatch the calipers to the hubs (4x 17mm + 4x (14mm??))!!!LoL

I will now make my way to the wanted section and see if anyone lives near me (grantham)??ha ha

 

Yes that disc is marked up correct and is the drivers side , use your existing bolts from your old calipers your taking off
Cheers Ian

 

Hi Ian!

I have tried calling you buddy but i do realise it is late in the day. Anyway, unfortunatly i sent them to you along with my calipers (entirely my fault mate), as i wasnt sure exactly whether you would need them to clean up or not see??...
and as its saturday and i wasnt expecting to speak to you till next week - i thought i would try and source them from elsewhere!

Other than me being a thicko bud - loving the calipers and new discs etc, they look great on the side in my shed!he he

 

My first post was meant to read :

As above, check the venting between the 2 plates, if they are going in the opposite direction as the grooves then they are marked up INcorrectly.

Deano.

 

Uuuppps.... I thought it doesn't matter how you're gonna fit them ? I'll have to go and check on the car how I fitted mines. TBH I was wondering what N/S and O/S mean but never checked. So how can I say which one should be fitted on driver side ?

 

Ok. I got it now :-)

 

N/S = Near side. (Nearest to the curb/passenger side)
O/S = Of side. (Drivers side)

The vents in the that hold the 2 plates together in the middle of the disc should be sloping away from the front of the car at the outer edge of the disc, so if you are traveling in > direction the vents should look something like ))). Bit hard to explain but hope it sheds a bit of light lol.

Deano.

 

I think the vents (in between the 2 discs) on the godspeed ones go straight up though bud, so as above post -

N/S...
O/S etc

 

Ok, just thought, the vents will be the opposite way at the bottom of the disc so may be confusing some readers so here goes.....

As you look at the disc square on, on the hub, the front of the car facing > way, at the top of the disc the vents should be looking like ))). At the bottom of the disc they will obviously be looking like (((

Got there in the end!!

Deano.

 

I found the picture I took when fitting. Drivers side. So, All good :-) TBH the reason why I fitted them this way, was that it visually looked good.
http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/...7/aab946a7.jpg

 

I found the picture I took when fitting. Drivers side. So, All good :-) TBH the reason why I fitted them this way, was that it visually looked good.
http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/...7/aab946a7.jpg

 

If the vents are straight then it doesn't matter what side they go on.

Deano.

 

Sorry. Technical issues.

 

Yes, the vents are straight. So, if it doesn't matter, why Ian marked them as N/S and O/S then ???

 

Because the grooves need to be facing the right way to work correctly and allow the centrifugal force of the wheel turning to disperse the brake dust/gasses to the edge of the disc and away.

Deano

 

That's what I was trying to say, if it didn't matter, Ian wouldn't marked them like that ;-)

 

Deano,
I don't get you mate, once you're saying that if vents are going straight, it doesn't matter how you're gonna fit them and another time you're explaining what's the correct way of fitting ?

 

Sorry bud, my mistake...Its been a long day!! .

I see what you mean now. If straight vents but no grooves then they can go on either side but if they are straight vents and grooved then they should be put on as above.

Deano.

 

No worries :-)
The main thing is that we finally sorted it out ;-)

 

Ha ha - about bloody time too!!!

If it wasnt for me not having these caliper bolts - id have them fitted, bled and probaly bedded in too by the time you's 2 got finished!!!

 

^ . Mate that is nothing....You should have heard me trying to explain what a flat 4 meant to our lass! It would have been easier trying to explain the offside rule I think.

 

offside rule????....

"thats where the ball goes off the pitch right?????" he he

 

To The orignal Poster,i see you are fitting the original rear calipers,just be careful with fast speed braking,on this setup i had (4 pots up front,single pot sliding rear caliper) i had quite bad rear end wanting to overtake me as the 4 pots were making braking up front good,the rears couldnt cope, i then changed to the 2 pots on the rear,what a difference !

 

Yes buddy, 2pots are certainly next on the list....
just gotta pay for the fmic ive just ordered, full service, mot, tax and everything else all due by next month 1st!!

cheers