Brake Disc Replacement On A Classic Mini 

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Wow, thank you! Luca, I very much enjoy helping people learn. I am not sure about being able to teach but I enjoy learning my self and I like bringing people along on my own learning journey.

Great tip Gavin something I never considered I will give that a try

Thanks Paul your very kind

Thanks for that lovely story David, I do love hearing how these little cars affected peoples life for the better 👍

Afraid so Mark. I have been teaching for wow 16 years 😮 its something I love. The garage started as a way of keeping my hand in and ended up basically growing into another full time job. I am able to keep the plates spinning because I have great customers that are very understanding about the long time they have to wait on geting there cars through my shop. thanks for the lovely comment 👍👍

Thanks Francisco Im glad you enjoy the video's :)

Thanks Tony, at the price of them and thinking about mother nature. People now days need to take a leaf out of the book of there predecease. This cars where designed to be maintained and repaired not just replace as is the culture of today !

@@HREIRL I completely agree.

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Toby I’m in my 60s I’ve been working on cars and a lot of minis for to many years the man in the garage who tells you he knows it all is a fibber .till the day you screw the lid on me box I’ll still be learning you young fellow can teach us old farts a thing or to and vice verses

@@paulp96275 thanks for that mate. It's not easy when you don't have a decent mentor but youtube and the overall classic community are a massive help.

Toby thanks for your reply I definitely come in the classic category 😂 find a mentor there out there one will be near you latch on to the old farts through older mechanics and you find a good source of knowledge stay safe 👍👨🏻‍🏭

@@paulp96275 i will certainly do that. Look after yourself mate 👍

Thanks for that Toby, I know a lot of people who as you say have torque wrenches but don't understand that there is very specific way to use it. thanks for watching and commenting see you on the next one 👍

It's no wonder these videos are great. He's an actual teacher

No problem Guy. I don't make a big deal about the day job on the channel as I like to concentrate on the task at hand. Glad that answered your question 👍👍

Thanks Ron, I try but I am keenly aware I am afforded a great opertunity to learn my self by you kind people

If you listen to the interview on the classic mini breakdown podcast he briefly mentions the day job there. As you say not sure how anyone manages that but i assume he gets his Asda/Tesco delivered! 😄

I would have loved to replace the Screws my self but unfortunately the only thing available in 1/8 UNF on the shores of Ireland is a slot head screw so they will have to wait for the next time around when I can order some cross head in to keep it all OE

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great idea

I teach further education to Social disadvantaged adult learners 👍

@@HREIRL Fantastic,need more of you guys around, well done.

Thats really intreating Buddy, I think you are right I think those figures might be for de-seamed. none the less really interesting thanks for sharing

Haha more of a quick fix Nigel, I need to stop the LED light over the bench glaring in the camera lens so it was on hand and did the job :)

Regarding cross drilling and grooving disks would all depend on the pad being used. If the pads do not have a high Metallic content than Cross drilling makes perfect sense as it will allow surface gas pressure to release and allow the pad to perform better. Grooving help to keep the surface of the pad clear and again can help with De-Gassing so it is a benefit but in a-lot of cases modern pads have compounds added to combat this problem anyway so its much of a muchness. Regarding the rear brakes I know this might be telling you how to suck eggs but are you sure you have the shoes in the right way around as in there is a top and bottom and a leading and trailing. If its not that as you say it could be drums are past there best if they have "Belled" they can cause a problem where only a very small surface of the shoe Presses the drum

@@HREIRL THx. Yes the drum shoes are correctly oriented and assembled. I've followed the very good rear brake video from Steveston Motor Co. I have new forward cable to try...looking at the threaded stud end, it appears somewhat different to the one now on the car...mainly at the swaged area so likely just difference in manufacture selection. Haynes says you need two people to replace that cable, someone has to hold the pass-through nuts under the car to undo/do-up the bolts from above. Any single-handed tricks or tips?

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I actually just started with a new solution from Jenfab cleaning solution it water based and environmentally friendly ill give you an update after I have used it for a while 👍

@@HREIRL much appreciated.

we had one of those days but hay ho on wards and upwards. If it was easy everyone would be doing it 😑

Well during the video I mentioned this car is running nearly new Green stuff performance pads. Sand Papering pads is unfortunately a wasted effort as the pads them selves are designed to self surface by the fact they have metallic particles built into the compound. We are very much keen on both environmental protection and also advising the customer on the best way to spend there money. Replacing perfectly serviceable pads is waist-full of a product that cannot be recycled and costly. The old disks will be going to a local steel recycling company for certified recycling. So let them hammer away Paul I am more than confident I made the right call 👍

@@HREIRL Nearly new pads, missed that bit, was watching on my phone at the time and in the garden by a main road. When you say nearly new, what mileage was covered?These new pads though which wouldn't have changed, would, if more than a test drive, have started bedding in. Even brand new pads and discs have to bed in as the surface of the disc is full of machining lines and the pads aren't smooth. (Aston Martin even bed their brakes in on a bench before fitting to the car) I would have have quickly run them across some sandpaper as a matter of course, only takes 5 mins. Maybe things have changed since i done my mechanics classes in the mid 80's lol. Pads have though, they used to be Asbestos back then. P.s. I've buried lots of discs in my back garden lol, only joking ;-)

Ha, ya we don't use Locktite on the racers for two reasons we use a special locking washer from Nord-lock and as you say the heat going through the hubs would be so high. Im surprised no one picked up that I was using bearing fit instead of thread locker also. there is a reason. The bearing fit has a much higher yield temperature than thread locker which is why I use it on brakes :) a tip given to by by an aircraft engineer 👍👍

Thats intresting Romin. What brand of disk did you use ? Regarding the EN24T. I think there a very worth while upgrade as they are a known standard the off the shelf stuff has no reference as to its quality so I am sceptical as to its origins

@@HREIRL This is 21A2612MS from Minispares. Maybe the disc is fine but tapered washer or flange is damaged. Or dirt somewhere even if I cleaned everything. I discovered KAD tapered washer without split. Did you try it?

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