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Offline harrymazda

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Brake pipe fouling CV joint gaiter
« on: February 24, 2013, 10:42:51 pm »
I had the front brake pads changed 2000 miles ago and recently started to hear clicking from the off side wheel area when makng a turn in low gear. Typical indication of CV joint wear. I took the wheel off  the off-side to see what was going on only to see that the brake pipe had somehow come into contact with the CV joint gaiter resulting in a loss of grease and ultimately to excessive wear of the CV joint. I consider myself lucky that the brakes had not failed as the gaiter is still rubbing on the brake pipe.
Decided it would be good to check the near-side and found the same thing. I can only think the garage somehow caused the pipes to become bent when changing the pads. Any other theories?

The same garage has carried out all the servicing and MOT tests for the last 4 years. The car has covered a total of 61500 miles.

See the photos to see how near this could have resulted in a loss of brakes.

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Re: Brake pipe fouling CV joint gaiter
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2013, 07:47:48 am »
I would guess that they twisted the caliper when they replaced it, which then distorted the brake hydraulic pipe position. Change your garage as they seem to be incompetent.

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Re: Brake pipe fouling CV joint gaiter
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2013, 10:21:57 am »
Thanks bazzamf. I went straight to the garage this morning and showed them my pics. The engineer said what you suggested would be the likely cause. They are looking at the car right now. I'll post how I got on and whether they took responsibility for what could have been a very serious outcome if the brakes had failed before the cv joint started to knock.

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Re: Brake pipe fouling CV joint gaiter
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2014, 04:58:29 pm »
Is's nearly a year since this incident. The garage did the right thing and changed the gaiters without charging anything. However, only 3 months later, I noticed grease again on the inside of the wheeels. Took a look and found the gaiters had split again. This time because of perished rubber!
The garage, to their credit, took responsibility again and changed them without charge. Now about 9 months after the second gaiter change, everything remains good.

How's that for a decent bit of professional service from a garage?

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Re: Brake pipe fouling CV joint gaiter
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2014, 08:33:23 am »
As a matter of interest, was the garage a Mazda dealer or an independent?

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Re: Brake pipe fouling CV joint gaiter
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2014, 10:17:09 pm »
It was an independent garage, actually a Vauxhall garage if that counts for anything.