The rear brake pad set for 'Big Brakes' cars is now in stock. If you buy the kit UV35436PAKIT online then you can save on brake pads, discs & all the fittings for these SZ series Rolls-Royce & Bentley models. The 'big brake' brake pads are now sold with improved modifications to reduce noise and marks on the brake discs.
This 'Big Brakes' bundle is suitable for late model Turbo R, RT, Brooklands, Silver Spirit, Silver Spur, Flying Spur & Silver Dawn models fitted with 340 mm front brake discs.
This complete bundle allows for a better price when all the components are bought together. This is for the 340mm brake disc which was optional on the late Turbo R's and two door Bentley Continental and Azures. You could fit it this to an earlier car but would need to change the calipers. This includes everything needed to change the discs and pads on a car that has already got the big brakes.
The rear discs threads are handed. As you know on a Rolls Royce & Bentley there is a left hand thread and a right hand thread on the rear hubs and the studs are part of the disc. On some of the early Rolls-Royce or Bentley models you will find that these studs will actually spin when you try and undo the wheel nuts if they have been done up too tight, so sometimes you have to get a hold of the back of them to stop them from spinning.
They are the rear discs, you have to split the hubs to replace the rear discs and we have done a video before on splitting the rear hubs if needed. If you have got this type of disc then you will have the easy hubs to split because they will be on splines. The drive shaft flange should be on spline rather than on a woodruff key and a taper so they are easy to split.
The main reason why we are now promoting this bundle is because we have recently had these brake pads added to the Prestige Parts® range of braking products. These are the big brake pads 3Z0698151B-X that go on these discs. There are a few upgrades on these pads in fact because originally they would have a horizontal groove across here which was found to cause a buildup of material on the brake disc and that can increase the noise. Also the shims on the back have been upgraded to help reduce the noise.
It has been difficult to get versions of these pads for a while but these are the right ones and we also supply the complete kit, so you get these pins that retain the pads as well. There are two on each caliper, and they are a large split pin that you open up to lock them in, plus new springs. Two of the pads have got the sensor cable which is only one on each side. The rear pads are the same whether you have got the big front brakes or not, so they are the same as any other late car and you get the complete set of springs and pins and clips. The full kit is part number UV35436PAKIT which is available online.
