Ah bad times! Got a track day tomorrow morning so got the 197 out last night for a clean and once over, it's been sitting in the garage for approx. a month and a half unattended.
During the drive to the jetwash I noticed the brakes were very poor, almost zero bite and on a damp road emergency stops from 40-50 mph aren't even strong enough for abs interaction! The pedal seems to travel a long way for very little response in the brakes, once again there is zero bite.
Took it for a 40 test drive to sweep the discs and no improvement, got heat into them and no improvement. Stripped and cleaned front calipers and bled calipers with what I had spare (500ml). Nothing seems to have improved them. Upon inspection of inner disc faces there is heavy corrosion where the pads have been sitting over winter, the fault?
Tomorrow I have a trackday so I need to decide if I should take the 197 and hope the discs sweep clean on the 3 hour drive upto Cadwell Park and the brakes come back OR if I take the unprepared 172 ( road tyres ).
Setup is RC5+ pads, ktec 2 piece discs, braided lines and motul RBF 660 fluid, never harangue problems before.
Anyone got some advice or point me in the direction of the possible fault?
During the drive to the jetwash I noticed the brakes were very poor, almost zero bite and on a damp road emergency stops from 40-50 mph aren't even strong enough for abs interaction! The pedal seems to travel a long way for very little response in the brakes, once again there is zero bite.
Took it for a 40 test drive to sweep the discs and no improvement, got heat into them and no improvement. Stripped and cleaned front calipers and bled calipers with what I had spare (500ml). Nothing seems to have improved them. Upon inspection of inner disc faces there is heavy corrosion where the pads have been sitting over winter, the fault?
Tomorrow I have a trackday so I need to decide if I should take the 197 and hope the discs sweep clean on the 3 hour drive upto Cadwell Park and the brakes come back OR if I take the unprepared 172 ( road tyres ).
Setup is RC5+ pads, ktec 2 piece discs, braided lines and motul RBF 660 fluid, never harangue problems before.
Anyone got some advice or point me in the direction of the possible fault?
