Mitsubishi brake parts in stock in the UAE

The biggest part of our Mitsubishi brake range is not pads or discs. It is caliper hardware: slide pins and the bushings they run in, the rubber boots that cover them, clip sets and anti-rattle springs. These are small, inexpensive parts, and they decide whether a new set of pads wears evenly or not.

On a floating caliper, the common type on everyday cars, the piston pushes the inner pad onto the disc and the caliper body slides on two greased pins to pull the outer pad in from the other side. Our range carries those pins and bushings listed for the ASX, the Outlander, the Lancer and the Grandis among others. When a pin boot splits, dust and sand get in, the grease dries out in the heat and the pin starts to stick. The inner pad then does most of the work and wears out early while the outer pad still looks thick, and the car can pull to one side or one wheel can run hot after a drive.

So when the pads come off, ask the garage to clean and check the slide pins and look closely at the boots. A pitted pin or a torn boot costs little next to a caliper. The clip set that locates the pads in the bracket also loses its spring over time and lets the pads rattle, and a fresh set is part of a careful pad job.

Not every Mitsubishi stops its rear wheels with discs. The Attrage sold in the UAE, for one, has ventilated discs at the front and drums at the back. A drum brake has its own short list of parts: the shoes, the wheel cylinder that pushes them out against the drum, the return springs that pull them back, and the adjuster that keeps them close to the drum as the linings wear.

Cars with rear discs often still carry a small drum brake inside the centre of each rear disc, used only by the handbrake. Those shoes see little wear from use, but they can seize or drift out of adjustment, and the handbrake then needs more and more pull to hold the car. The shoe fitting and adjuster kits in our range are listed by their maker for models including the second-generation Outlander and the ASX, as well as older Pajero and L200 versions. The chassis number tells us which kit belongs on your car.

Dust is what wears a drum brake out. It packs between the linings and the drum, wears both and can make the brake grab. A garage with the drum off should clean it out properly, check the wheel cylinder for any wetness and replace the shoes as a set for the axle. A weeping wheel cylinder soaks the new linings, so it is changed at the same time if it shows any fluid.

Brakes turn movement into heat, and the UAE gives them a head start. An L200 working with a loaded bed and a full-size Pajero are heavy vehicles, so every stop puts more heat into their pads and discs than a small car's would. On a long downhill run in the Hajar mountains that heat builds faster than the brakes can shed it, unless the driver lets a lower gear hold the speed.

City driving is hard in a different way. A Lancer or an Attrage working through Dubai or Sharjah traffic brakes again and again from low speed, and its pads spend most of the day warm. Pads that are worn thin also lose their insulating depth, so the heat reaches the caliper and the fluid more quickly.

Brake fluid takes in moisture from the air as it ages, and that lowers its boiling point. It matters most on the heavier Mitsubishis and on hot descents. The change interval is in your owner's manual. If the fluid is dark, or the pedal goes softer when the brakes are hot, a garage should test the fluid before anyone blames the pads.

Sand wears discs as well as pads on a Pajero or L200 that goes off road. A disc with a raised lip at its outer edge or deep grooves across its face has lost thickness. The minimum thickness is usually stamped on the disc itself, and a garage can measure it in a minute.

Genuine Mitsubishi lines make up a large share of our brake range, and most of the pads, shoes and hoses on the shelf are genuine. Aftermarket lines come mainly from FEBEST and STELLOX, with a few from other brands. The comparison table below shows the typical price of each, part type by part type, from our own stock, where we hold enough of both. Pad sets are not in it, because the pad lines are counted together with their clips and springs, and a typical price is a median across whatever lines each side holds, so treat it as a guide to the gap.

For pads, the decision comes down to how the car is used. A heavy Pajero or a working L200 that tows or carries weight puts a lot of heat through its pads, and many owners of those trucks stay with the genuine part. A city car brakes with far less load, and an aftermarket pad that lists your Mitsubishi part number is a reasonable choice there. The part numbers table above shows which original numbers each aftermarket line replaces, so you can see the match for yourself.

Check the brands column in the table at the top as well. For some part types only the genuine part is on the shelf, and for caliper hardware most lines are aftermarket. Whichever way you lean, ask for both prices in one message and we quote the exact genuine and aftermarket part for your chassis number.

Send the chassis number from your mulkiya. The same model name can carry more than one brake size across engines, trims and markets, and a pad that looks right in a photo can still be a few millimetres out. The chassis number lets us open the parts list for your exact car, GCC-spec or imported.

Say front or rear. Pads, shoes and clip sets are sold for one axle. Complete calipers and some hoses are handed, so tell us left or right too: our range lists a front left caliper with its bracket for the L200 and Pajero Sport as its own part, and rear hoses are listed by where they sit, body side or axle side.

Pads are always replaced across the axle, both wheels together, so the car brakes evenly, and discs follow the same rule. Discs are usually priced each, so check whether a quote is for one or two. After a caliper or a hose is changed the system must be bled, and new pads need a gentle bedding-in drive before any hard stop. We supply and deliver the parts; your garage fits them, and the shops listed below are a starting point.