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At least its not just mine then. probably does not help that the pads tend to stick on the rear in the cold and wet, cant be doing the discs any good when they crack off. Mine got properly stuck over the winter and the misses drove it with the wheel locked for about 100yrds and flat spotted one...

It is a strange camera angle, and it does not taper off at the edge, there is the usual ridge on the far outer edge as i thought, sure i would have notice it if it did taper off at the edge as like you said that would be a very strange wear patern

Im sure if i remember that it does not taper off on the outer edge, although it does appear that way. Not sure if i still have the pads, think I threw them out and the bins were collected today. will double check tonight

To be fair I always change the pads with the discs. This one looked fine from the outside, but did get a shock when I got it off, the pad was badly ridged, and in no way suitable to go back on. The renault service centre surely would have known this just by looking at the corrosion on the...

Just changed the rear discs on the 197, the car was showing all the usual tell tale signs of a problem, squeeking under braking and the handbrake sticking on. Put the car in for its service and they came back as an advisory that the rear discs were breaking up, the service centre were willing...

Cheers for that luke I will hopefully have a look at it at the weekend, as long as the weather is ok. have had a look on ECP website and it looks like you can buy it in parts rather than replacing the whole thing, which might be easier as it is only the rear off-side that is sticking. sound like...

Just changed the rear brake pads and discs on the 197, and after lots of cursing and headscatching as to why the off-side rear caliber would not wind in I noticed that the handbrake was sticking on. So now have to replace the handbrake cable. Does anyone know if this is an easy to do job, looks...

Never noticed that before but i see what you mean. Some more pics from the Renault weekend that some might like Some nice 5's Megane RS And I like this picture of the F1 car

As requested some photos of the 197, as I said it is totally standard so nothing special. In the Scotish highlands on route Fort William, great drive up from leicestershire, some great roads to give it the beans.:thumbup1: And filthy at Formula Renault weekend at Silverstone last year

Cheers deadmau5 yeah have found this out today, so September for me or 42,000 miles :swear: looks like we will be digging deep or can I convince the misses to upgrade to a 200 :drool:

Thanks Fernadez, will have a look at those from Twingogeeko, anyone know any specialists in the leicester area that can do the servicing for me, have 2 other cars that need servicing as well which i need to do myself :thumbdown: and as the 197 have full renault service history wanted it stamping...

Hello good people My name is Ryan and am based in Leicestershire. Me and the misses have a 197 that is completely standard apart from the Renault sport exhaust tips. Thought I would join up to say hello, get some ideas and information as im fed up with Renaults service and pricing.