LesCM19

Will do. Just to reiterate about the gap with the pads, in that picture of the top of the nearside brake unit, the top ear of the outer pad on the left in the pic is snugly sandwiched between hub & caliper whereas the inner pad is only touching the hub. Just seems odd how it's not touching the caliper too. Seems to work ok.

Didn't have any problems getting the "custom" bolts out but had to trim the rubber sleeve off the offside too. This was the top bolt on the offside as I found it. Obviously too much effort was required to nip it up. I suppose he might have been a bit wary of it contacting the pad, it does come right through the caliper if done up 'properly'. By the way, does that inner pad look right to you guys? There's about 5mm clearance between both 'ears' and caliper body, top & bottom. It's the same on the nearside and the outer pad in the photo wouldn't fit in the inner position anyway. ...and then when I refitted the nearside I noticed he'd helpfully added his own plastic sleeving to the top bolt bush. Literally carved from a Fairy liquid bottle or something. Brakes are actually great as always. Knocking noise I wanted to investigate while replacing discs (I suspected a rattling caliper after reading this post, especially as it seemed to stop under braking) seems to be worse, more like a duff shock now. Maybe shock is under different forces as I'v done the droplink on that side, too. But will invest in a caliper bolt/bush kit first obviously

Bottom bolt is 12mm head. Oh well, it's off now 🤣

Had look with a mirror beforehand and true enough, it's not an Allen key hex head it's a normal bolt 🙄 which is what was puzzling me.

Well, precisely. Haynes manual says remove protective rubber things, they're like a sleeve over the bolt head that goes right inside, hence my difficulty in getting them off. Sleeve over bolt head means can't get a socket on 🤔 2nd photo shows one partly out bit it ripped in the process 😎

Having trouble with the 7zap website, not accepting my Vin this time 😒, are these the right ones for FSII calipers? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281216735752?fits=Car+Make%3ASkoda|Cars+Type%3A1.2|Plat_Gen%3AMK+I|Cars+Year%3A2007|Model%3AFabia|Variant%3APetrol+Hatch|Engine%3A1198cc+47KW+64HP+AZQ%3BBME|BodyStyle%3AFWD+I+6Y2&hash=item4179d2da08:g:ebgAAOSwqglhl7a~&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAABAO%2Fh%2BkKaiqBxny%2Fsg4pgsFZfHTX2o%2B%2F2xRmPiHyazjWdBxLCbuTaEp7N2sWMPcbCVLPbRukBkCZDmwJvThkt1FhbvCDI6OrdXIW9CKTB3hxlMkZk80H4EY%2Bc6fr7%2FZvQ3IJdWGYykbfZFhj2lrdoxddp126n2YMSaNdWwNEoamFXW%2FCwVa8zo6BGQDAzg3jItPECX8agT3O93p6mvLBmQSVgMUMgGI2KyC9yw%2Bg1sXa6BW0eOp%2BIqIAQHTb2cN4uxSrM5inCx5HXsy1NZgwJtE7d9DQdheJOOqtM8pgB7UzKQYmZxIF05Y6TqP7Qmh0Fd1n%2BELL9lzpTEV9AQKfWYJM%3D|tkp%3ABFBMrtKVrLJj Ideally if someone can give me the part number that would be awesome. And is there a trick to getting them off without ripping? They go down the bolt shaft a way?

Maybe they just reused the old nut? The offside is well rusty compared to this. I'm not doubting that they changed it but it looks like the boot has slipped out of the groove in one place and off.

Local garage popped this on while I was having a couple of tyres recently, has the rubber boot thing come adrift already? Looks different to the older one on the other side.

I do like when a 5 minute job really does take 5 minutes 👍🏻

Job for the weekend then but I'll keep the new belt and spanner with me. It's only got a thread or two adrift on one edge.

All the pullies look accessible on my 1.2 but Haynes manual says remove wheel and inner arch? How doable is it, bearing in mind I'll be doing it on the drive at night after work? 😬

Our 2007 1.2 has got 95k+ on the clock and it has just started rhythmically vibrating on acceleration going straight. More so with engine under load at lower revs, is ok once it picks up speed. Don't think it's the exhaust joiner, that was fixed recently, there's loads of clearance and there's no outer CV noise on lock. Doesn't feel engine related, if anything that's smoother than ever with the new vaccuum hose. Some days it randomly was ok but now it 'always' does it when cold but almost impossible to get it to do it when fully warmed up on a run. Had a feel of the inner CVs, very slight play when hot (in other words it was possible to feel a tiny bit of movement both sides rotationally and in/out) and checked when cold expecting it to be worse but if anything there was less/no play in them.

When you first noticed the noise, was it more noticeable when the engine was cold? I have a rattle when accelerating although not a CV type clicking.

Did changing the inner CV help?

Replacing the old hard plastic stuff which was barely attached with £5 worth of 10mm vaccuum hose seems to be an improvement. Time will tell if it sorts the intermittent problem.

Awesome, thanks chaps, just got a bit dark outside to notice the numbers.

Righto. Any idea what part number am I looking for? 1.2 BME engine.

They're shot, at every join. Ebay or ECP for the parts? I can nip to ECP on the commute.

Might as well resurrect this post as the limp mode intermittent fault came back after 2 years and approximately 35k miles of happy motoring. If memory serves, changing the camshaft sensor seemed to stop the limp mode at speed/accelerating away from roundabouts and replacing the damaged/cracked coil stopped it stalling when idling at junctions. The limp mode was intermittent so I suppose replacing either or both might have helped although I'm convinced changing a coil stopped the lumpy idle and stalling. Anyway I'll let you know how I get on this time 😊

You could well be right 😁 So is that joiner standard for 1.2 engines?

This is the blighter. Apparently they come off the production line in one piece but to replace the back box you have to cut the pipe, hence the join.

At least one of the brackets has rusted through and what with the bloke at the garage doing something to the flexpipe section, it's all come loose and the joiner's knocking and rubbing on that cross member. Looking on eBay there's one for a 2006-2007 6Y5 1.2 estate, will that be ok on a hatchback?

Rather tellingly, I couldn't even give it away on Freecycle. In the bin it goes 😁

Any good and is it actually bad for the engine? Free gift in the post for a neighbour who didn't fancy it.

Any good and is it actually bad for the engine? Free gift in the post for a neighbour who didn't fancy it.