Do I need to get my tracking checked after having my rear drums/disc changed? Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

No. Only if the drive hub has been removed which is not necessary to change the discs. John
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Might be something else then, just had service and MOT when they changed the rear disc and handbrake and it just doesn't drive as before

Sometimes I get a slight feeling the rears is a little loose

Might get it checked anyway, been a year or so Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

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No, checked them and have a tyre pal monitor to keep my eye on it, had my wheels balanced also Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

npinks wrote:

Sometimes I get a slight feeling the rears is a little loose

Its old age Nick

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starting to think i am hearing a click and maybe feel it going round right hand bend, its not fast click, and its about the same length of time between it, as if a stone is in the tread Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Sounds like someone has made a bit of a nonsense of fitting the brake shoes. Maybe a bit of adjustment may help. Is the handbrake OK (as far as FL2 handbrakes are ever OK)? John
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Changing the discs and the brake pads will have no effect on the handling or tracking of the car. You mention a clicking noise however the question is where from?
The handbrake shoes have retainer rods and clips so yes if not fitted back on a loose part would rattle until it was ground away.
With regard to feeling different afterwards, do you know if each wheel was replaced on its original side / hub?? If not then it may be rotating in reverse direction and you will have to wait for the rubber to wear down until it 'beds in'.
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I have checked the car, the clicking or maybe a whirring is feeling like its coming from the front end, I hear it when going round a longer sweeping corner, and feel a slight vibration in sync with the noise, through the brake pedal, I thought it might be brakes, but i think they said the fronts were 50% worn

its not there all the time though, i also have had new rubber put on the front tyres, and there was a wheel wobble at motorway speed, but they rebalanced these and the wobble went away (almost)

I think its a coincidence, or im hearing a noise that has always been there, I'll just see how it goes, its not loud or getting loud and i can't hear it with the radio on either Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

If you are getting vibration through the brake pedal when you brake then nine times out of ten you have a disc running out of true. Occasionally it can be dodgy or poorly fitted brake pads. John
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