or do i need a new brake disc?

still drives fine, but OSF brake doesnt seem to work very well.

 

Is that your brake disc..????

Personally, I would NEVER repair damaged braking system components, especially a consumable like a brake disc. Replacement is the only option IMO.

Incidentally, how did you manage to hit a kerb on a motorway?

 

you need a new disk!

Wheel, tyre and suspension will need checking to make sure no other damage has been done. It may not show up straight away.

you will want to get your tracking and ideally 4 wheel alignment checked to save on uneven tyre wear

 

That disc is for the bin , and there aint no way i would drive my car with
damaged disc on it.

 

100% buy a new disc

 

Bin the disc.

Carnt beleave you can even consider repairing that

 

this happened to me in my mondeo i had years ago, was travelling home from work in winter coming down a hill and when i put the brakes on i heard a crack and it felt like i had no brakes but i managed to handbrake it into a carpark which was at the bottom of the hill and avoid the cue of traffic,

and yes new discs no point just buying one get the pair and new pads to, then get it checked for allignment

 

The "can it be repaired?" IS tongue in cheek, isn't it?

Anyway, the short answer is NO!

Alcazar

 

new disk . that is fooked. check the other suspension components to .

 

jesus, never seen a disc do that!

Get it replaced - and if you managed to damage it by hitting a carb at 70mph, then i wouldn't be surprised if you'd bent the suspension and buckled your wheel.

 

Wow don't drive the car until that disc is replaced along with the one on the other side. Always replace in pairs

 

New discs it is then, group N spec or something that can withstand a knock or two!

 

what the hell are you doing with your car if they need to withstand knocks at 70mph?

 

Are you serious?

 

lmao, been there and done that

also had one burst open like an alien was coming out from inside it, you must try harder peccles

 

Jesus mate I cant believe that you even asked that question.
How did you manage that anyway?

 

You never seen Peccy drining then???

 

Bet you that wouldn't have happened in the Vectra

I've got some chewing gum and sellotape you can borrow but I'll want them back. Especially the chewing gum.

Seriously tho hope its only the disc mate.

Good luck at the clinic.

 

ask a silly question get a silly answer.
but i suppose if you were good at welding,lol

 

Christ almighty!! Don't even joke about it! Some idiot will go off and try and do it!

 

Replace, and do not drive it until you do! Discs don't cost that much to bother messing.

As a side note:


If a curb did that, you were driving without any wheels fitted or your wheel and suspesnion would be heavyily damaged (i.e there is no way the car would drive staright).


ALOT more likely is you have a seized piston on your calipers, causing uneven forces on either side of the disc, causing it to fracture...hitting a pot hole at speed whilst braking would be enough of a shock vibration to break the disc off the hub.

OR

You have aftermarket calipers, and the brackets are incorrect for the disc/hub, again causing more load to be applied to one side of the disc, and cause it to fracture and eventually break off the hub.


This problem used to happen alot on old Jags which would seize a caliper piston from standing and lack of maintanence (which alot of jags suffer - being sunday cars)....one day, brake to slow down and the disc breaks off the hub!!

 

Amazed the repair thought ever came into your mind, whats the wheel like?

 

I want to see if there is still a car connected to this wheel. Come on peccy give us the full pic.

 

Aye, the last curb encounter I last saw resulted in this:





As you can see, the disk didn't suffer as bad as the wheel (nor the lower arm, shock absorber strut, hub, wheel bearing, subframe, ARB..etc etc).

 

No chance in hell are you gettting away with just replacing the disc. There is likely to be suspension and arm damage as well.

 

wheels ok it'll polish out, other then that everything seems ok.

 

Erm, I'd get the set-back checked on that corner. In the first pic, the wheel looks about 1" too far back in the arch (bent lower arm, or subframe mounts) :

 

Mate get it checked out. Its not worth the risk!!!!

 

anyone notice the soft tyre??

 

should be able to sort that out no probs mate 19mm spanner get down da local buildind site nick a lenth of scaffold wedge it between da tyre and da wheel arch and leaver the tyre back into position the brake disc should line up as you do this then get a couple bits of angle iron and screw em to the disc and the hub where the broken bit is then take it for a good thrash and keep stamping on the brakes till the pads wear big enough grooves for the angle iron to pass through em i doubt youll be able to tell the difference