The safety of a motor vehicle is very important. Regardless if the Renault Master are economic holes, certain maintenance works are indispensable. Today we will explain to you when to change the brake discs of your Renault Master? To achieve this, first of all, we will see what the brake discs of your motor vehicle are used for, then, when to change the brake discs of your Renault Master, and, finally, how to replace them with new ones.
Interest of the brake discs of a Renault Master
We start our article by detailing what the brake discs of a Renault Master are used for, it will allow you to figure out why it is necessary to make sure that they are constantly in good functioning order.
Brake discs are the most important component of your braking system. In fact, braking on an Renault Master is hydraulic, it is a system of hoses and pressurized oil that will come into action when you press your brake pedal. This pressure will actuate a piston that will push the brake pads on your brake disc which is attached to your wheel. When the brake pads will pinch the discs which will bring about your Renault Master to brake.
When to change the brake discs of a Renault Master?
We will now move on to the part that most certainly attracts you to this article, namely, when replacing the brake discs of a Renault Master? How we explained it to you just before, the brake discs and pads work in osmosis, nevertheless these two elements are wearing auto parts and they will, after some time and especially the friction when braking wears out and loses braking power. We will now highlight the different solutions to know when to replace them:
- We consider that generally speaking the brake discs should be changed every 80, 000 – 100, 000 km on a Renault Master , nevertheless it is necessary to know that depending on your driving style and the type of journey this can change considerably. In fact, if you mainly drive on the motorway and your brakes are just slightly used, this value can increase, conversely, if you just drive in built-up areas, it can decrease.
- A simple and effective method to find out the condition of the brake discs on your motor vehicle is during the technical inspection. In fact this thorough control checks the state of your brakes and the controller will tell you if they are in good condition or need to be changed.
- A simple visual method to know when to change the brake discs on your Renault Master is to remove the wheels after the vehicle has been set on stands. Once taken off, you will be able to access your discs and verify their condition. If they have any big scratches or deformations you will have to change them. Otherwise the second indicator to verify is to measure the depth of the disk in relation to its edge, if this value exceeds 1 mm you will have to change them by new ones.
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How to change the brake discs on your Renault Master?
Finally, to conclude this article we will quickly describe how to change the brake discs of your Renault Master. You must know that if you change the brake discs of your car, you will absolutely have to change the brake pads of your Renault Master, don’t hesitate to seek advice from our article which exposes you how to make this change.
As far as changing discs is concerned, here are the most important steps to follow:
- Put your Renault Master on stands, take off the wheels you want to action on.
- Using a large flat screwdriver, pry on your brake pads to compress the caliper piston as much as possible and have enough play to make all your changes.
- Using large Torx bits, take out the two nuts that lock the upper component of your brake caliper, take out it.
- Remove your brake pads, then unlock your brake discs thanks to the two torx screws on the side of the disc, you might need a mallet to remove the discs.
- Replace the discs and tighten them with the new torx screws provided, change your pads, reassemble the upper component of the caliper and tighten everything tightly.
- Mounting your wheels, and remember to do a 500-kilometer brake break-in before braking hard.
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