Brake Calipers

ICFM · Post by **ICFM** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:45 am

The beastie has just passed its MOT

but an advise note was that the rear n/s brake caliper was knackered. Are these difficult/expensive to replace?

Iain

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:40 am

Â£59 from GSF - you need to send them your old caliper first though I think.

Front ones are only Â£34

ICFM · Post by **ICFM** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:38 pm

Is there any point getting them from a scrappy?

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:11 pm

In my experience, no - hey are either missing or rusted to buggery (thus probably leak).

You might be lucky though

You can actually get calipers rebuilt, but I dont know what sort of cost that is or where to get it done...

Jamo · Post by **Jamo** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:39 pm

dragon wrote:In my experience, no - hey are either missing or rusted to buggery (thus probably leak).

You might be lucky though

You can actually get calipers rebuilt, but I dont know what sort of cost that is or where to get it done...

Well ask the oracle and he shall tell you!

http://www.classicbrakes.co.uk/

I don't know about prices, this is the preferred refurber of the german darkside car owners.

Bramdeman · Post by **Bramdeman** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:30 pm

And Yes they usually are a bastard to replace

ICFM · Post by **ICFM** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:06 pm

And Yes they usually are a bastard to replace

Now that's what I call a useful post

I'll be getting someone else to do them now. Saved me a lot of grief, and not a little swearing. Cheers Bramdeman.

Iain

SanPhire · Post by **SanPhire** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:18 pm

If you go for this yourself get a large breaker bar or an impact driver to get the caliper nuts off - They're held on with loc-tite (or 11+ years of rust and bastardry) and done up tighter than anythin else I've ever had to take off the car

Depends whats up with the caliper -if it's just seals are starting to go or the guide-pins are knackered - You can get a kit from volvo to re-build it yourself (guide pins for my front calliper where bout Â£15, and kit of new seals and bits was something affordable)

But then - if you don't want to mess with bodging brakes - I wouldn't blame you. EBC do a rebuilt rear calliper for Â£130 - spensive - but they have plenty in stock (last time I called)