Please pass this message on to drivers who have mounted disc brakes. I bought my disc brake about a year ago. I'm really happy about it since the difference compared to the original drum brake is like night and day. It has worked fine and I have trusted it and I plan my driving based on the expected brake capacity. Today I suddenly had no front brake power at all! Luckily I just left the garage at home when it happened. If it would have happened on the highway oe close to a red light I might not have been in a position to write this mail at this moment.

What happened was the following: The brake disc is mounted with five bolts to an adapter that connects with splines to the front wheel. The problem is that the adapter is made of three different parts that are welded together. The welding between the outer an inner part was very poor and broke. This disconnected the disc from the wheel. The disc stopped rotating when I braked but since it was totally disconnected from the wheel it did not give any brake power whatsoever.

Luke helped me to fix it by cutting away sufficient material from the adapter parts to make a proper welding. A better solution would of course to make such an extremely important security part in one piece.

Please warn other drivers so they are at least mentally prepared on what to do if it happens. (I will always keep my foot close to the brake pedal from now on and drive with extra security margin).

I thank God that it happened when I was driving so slowly.

Regards,

Lennart Holm