Front caliper refurb - how tricky??

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Front caliper refurb - how tricky??

Post by Tim S » Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:50 pm

One of my front brakes is rubbing. Have tried reseating the pads but no improvement so I'm presuming the caliper's on it's way out.

Eliseparts do a refub kit. I'm wondering how tricky a job it is to do. Any clues?? Any special tools required??

Any thoughts gratefully received - or if it might be anything else gone awry instead...

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Tim
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Re: Front caliper refurb - how tricky??

Post by Stu160 » Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:54 pm

Its not to bad a job, but the new seals are very tight when putting the pistons back in, just take your time, and be gentle.

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Re: Front caliper refurb - how tricky??

Post by robin » Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:08 pm

Tim, that means take the caliper off, buy a refurb kit, give it to somebody else to do, then refit caliper, then give me a shout and we can bleed the brakes :-)

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Re: Front caliper refurb - how tricky??

Post by Sanjøy » Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:01 pm

I managed it, can't be that hard.
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Re: Front caliper refurb - how tricky??

Post by tut » Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:11 pm

Check this out Tim.

http://wiki.seloc.org/a/SELOC_TechWiki

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Re: Front caliper refurb - how tricky??

Post by KingK_series » Tue Apr 24, 2012 6:33 pm

Tim S wrote:One of my front brakes is rubbing. Have tried reseating the pads but no improvement so I'm presuming the caliper's on it's way out.

Eliseparts do a refub kit. I'm wondering how tricky a job it is to do. Any clues?? Any special tools required??

Any thoughts gratefully received - or if it might be anything else gone awry instead...

Cheers

Tim

it's much easier and the pistons work better if you coat them in silicon gel before you refit them, I have had no problems getting pistons refitted using the gel.
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Re: Front caliper refurb - how tricky??

Post by Tim S » Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:45 pm

OK thanks guys - I'll give it a go. Yes, Robin - will be in touch when the brakes need bleeding - or when I've otherwise buggered it up!!

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Re: Front caliper refurb - how tricky??

Post by robin » Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:01 am

P.S. Before you go looking for silicon gel, it's silicone which is a synthetic rubber, not silicon which is a tetravalent metaloid, according to wikipeda :-) No problem popping down to bleed the brakes when you're ready :-)
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Re: Front caliper refurb - how tricky??

Post by Tim S » Sun Apr 29, 2012 5:31 pm

Hmmm - well it can't have been that tricky as I did it all in less than 3 hours on Friday night! Lubricated the seals with a bit of brake fluid, which seemed ok.

And, on a test drive round the block the car seemed to still stop too. Haven't really given the brakes a full workout yet - here's hoping that they stand up to it...

Anyway, thanks for the advice - it tempted me to have a go and saved me a load of grief sending the caliper away and about £100.

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