Hi all,

 

ive had my VRS Tdi estate just over 2 years now

 

its on lease for three years - current mileage 24k - last serviced at 18K miles as per long life service interval

 

ive seen various threads about disk corrosion and general wear - ive just noticed my own rears are not in all that great shape

 

now the hubs have been rusty for a while, but after being in the North East for over a year i can forgive some light surface rust

 

But what i'm more concerned about is the clear scoring and ridges which leads me to two possible conclusions:

 

1) the rear pads are worn out

 

2) the disks are warped

 

unless anyone has any other ideas?

 

The plastic wheels centres are quite corroded but i hear this is relatively normal?

 

I'm going to drop it off with Skoda at some point in the next week or so for their opinion but even if safe it doesnt look too good!

 

 

They look just like mine at 36k. Passed its MOT and wasn't mentioned. Obviously that doesn't necessarily mean yours will be fine but like I said, don't look any worse than mine did. 

I have a VRS and one of my rears looks like this, I have been thinking of changing the rears soon, I'm on 30K. 

Yep mine are just the same and have been since 20k when I brought it. It's now on 70k. Due for replacement soon so we'll see what happens 

I seriously doubt yours are worn out or warped - if anything they look underused to me. Apart from looking unsightly the scoring is immaterial, it won't stop the brakes from working effectively. Only seized caliper pins or pistons will do that and the car doesn't have enough miles for that yet...

Classic VAG rear pads seized on the rear brake runners - this causes poor brake performance (but generally not severe enough to fail a roller brake test though - hence no fault found if you take it to a dealer to check brake performance). Usually occurs if car has been parked with handbrake on for sometime (i.e. parked up whilst on holiday) and after lots of jetwashing which removes the lubricant on the machined surfaces. Several threads explain this. 

 

Easily solved by stripping the rear brake mechanism - in summary, remove pads and clean with brake/clutch cleaner, clean machined surfaces (easy to see on VRS - area where no red calliper paint) with wire brush / emery cloth and/or file, apply non-metallic lubricant (i.e. Pagid Ceratec) to machined surfaces (making sure to get none on the brake disc or pad friction material) and reassemble.

Edited 31 May, 20179 yr by Black_Sheep

... or go and do a few J-turns in a car park