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Why is it important to check and keep on top of your brakes

Over time the use of your brakes causes normal wear and tear, which can render them ineffective or useless. It's important to have regular maintenance performed on your braking system to keep it in tip top shape, and provide safe driving conditions for you and your family.
By ensuring optimal brake performance, you can prevent brake failure, extend the life of your braking system, and provide a peace of mind that will keep you driving confidently.
The purpose of the brake or brake system is to safely and reliably decelerate the vehicle, regardless of its speed. The brake also needs to keep the vehicle stationary when the driver is not there and when the vehicle is located on a slope. If your brakes are not in good working order it could have an impact on all of the above.
To book in for a brake inspection please give us a call or fill in our booking form.

Brake Pad Replacement

Brake fit specialize in brake pad replacement, we can carry out brake pad replacement on any make or model of vehicle. We only supply and fit high-quality brake parts when replacing your brake pads.
Did you know? your car can fail its mot if the brake pads are less than 1.5mm that’s about the thickness of a 20 pence piece. That’s why it’s important to get your brake pads checked regularly if you let your brake pads wear down too much then they will start to damage your brake discs which may have been ok and could have stood another set of brake pad, although brake disc do eventually wear out you can actually get two sets of pads to one set of brake disc’s if your brake is functioning correctly. Most main dealers will start to advise brake pads to be change at around 4mm, we believe that 2 to 3mm is when you should be replacing those pads.
Most vehicle now are fitted with brake pad wear sensor wires which connect to the brake pads, the way in which they work is when the brake pads get low and the wire wears though and breaks the wire the light is then illuminated on the dash the only down side is they are not always fitted to every brake pad or every corner of the vehicle so if you have a slightly binding brake uneven wear to one brakes then you might not be warned intime. We have also seen these wire get damage not fitted correctly or even bypassed in some cases so it is important to get your brakes inspected and repaired by a trusted mechanic or garage.

If you are unsure if your brake pads need replacing or you have been advised on your last mot, please call in at our workshop where we can carry out a free brake inspection and advise on replacement.

Brake Disc Replacement

Brake disc replacement is important when the brake discs has worn down to below the minimum specification set by the manufacture, brake discs can also become corroded, scored excessively worn or warped from excessive heat or harsh over braking. Also, if your brake pads get to low the metal-to-metal contact will damage the face of the brake disc and deem unfit for new pads to be fitted.

Did you know that the development of disc brakes began in England as early as the 1890s. The first caliper-type automobile disc brake was patented by Frederick William Lanchester in his Birmingham factory in 1902 and was used successfully on Lanchester cars. However, the limited choice of metals in this period meant he had to use copper as the braking medium acting on the disc. The poor state of the roads at this time, no more than dusty, rough tracks, meant that the copper wore quickly, making the brake disc system impractical. It wasn’t until the 1950s when brake disc started to be introduced onto production road cars, In 1953, 50 aluminium-bodied Austin-Healey 100S (Sebring) models, built primarily for racing, were the first European cars sold to the public to have disc brakes, fitted to all 4 wheels.
If you are unsure if your if your brake discs need replacement. Please feel free to contact us or call in at our workshop and we will carry out a free brake disc inspection.

Brake Caliper replacement

We specialize in brakes here at brake-fit and if you need your brake calipers replacing then you have come to the right place. We can supply and fit new or reconditioned brake calipers or if your brake calipers are not available or expensive to replace the whole unit then we can offer a rebuild of your existing brake calipers. We can supply and fit new pistons and seals. Most new cars have electronic handbrakes now and we can also replace or repair those as well.
Why do brake calipers need replacing?

If you feel your car or vehicle is holding back or dragging that could be a binding brake caliper
If you can smell a burning smell from your brakes or one of your brakes is getting hot you could have a binding brake caliper
Brake calipers can start to stick and bind due to corrosion to the brake caliper piston also if the seal that protects the piston is damaged or perished then water or dirt will get in there and cause damage to the piston and seal that will then start to make the brake caliper stick or seize. If one of your calipers is seized then you will have uneven braking and over time this will cause damage to other braking components. Handbrake mechanisms that are part of the brake calipers can also become defective and also cause brake binding to due to water and dirt getting into the mechanism.

We also can replace your brake hoses, make up new brake pipes to match your original brake pipes and carry out brake fluid flushes and changes. We can also replace electronic handbrake calipers

Brake Caliper painting and refurbishment

If you are not happy with the look of your original calipers and want to improve the look of them. We can paint your calipers any colour you like, popular colours are, red, blue, white, yellow, black and silver. We also have other colours available please feel free to call in at our work shop for more advise and colour range. We ensure that your calipers are painted to the highest level and take time and care when painting your calipers to ensure they look the very best. We remove all 4 calipers and carriers and clean them thoroughly to ensure no rust or dirt is left on them when we paint. So that when the calipers are dry there are no marks or defects on them.
How does a braking system work?
We all know that pushing down on the brake pedal slows a car to a stop. But how does this happen? How does your car transmit the force from your leg to its wheels? How does it multiply the force so that it is enough to stop something as big as a car?

When you depress your brake pedal, your car transmits the force from your foot to its brakes through a fluid. Since the actual brakes require a much greater force than you could apply with your leg, your car must also multiply the force of your foot.

Most modern cars have disc brakes on the front wheels, and some have disc brakes on all four wheels. This is the part of the brake system that does the actual work of stopping the car. There are also drum brakes that look and act a little different than disc brake system pictured to the right.

So, what is most commonly repaired in braking systems is brake pads (disc brakes) or brake shoes (drum brakes). This is usually easy to determine when you hear grinding sounds when you break. The worse the grind you have less brake pad or shoe left.

ABS (ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM)
When do anti-lock brakes take effect?
ABS brakes don’t kick in when braking gently under normal conditions. They’ll only kick in when braking sharply, for example if a driver is forced to perform an emergency stop.

You may remember being asked to perform an emergency stop when learning to drive or during your driving test. When performed correctly, the driver feels the brake “judder” which is the ABS kicking in as the brakes rapidly engage and release.

If your abs light is illuminated while driving then the system is indicating a fault and the system will be disabled which will cause the brakes to lock up if braking heavily. The abs system is part of the mot test and if the light is on the dash, then the vehicle will fail the mot. There are many different components associated with the abs system including ABS sensors (found on each corner of the vehicle) ABS pick rings, ABS pumps and valve body, abs module the sensor can also act as vehicle speed sensors and also tyre pressure warning sensors. So, it is important to get these faults fixed as soon as they show any faults. We have update diagnostic software to check for faults in your abs system, look at live data and test parts of the system.

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