Rear calipers

KeithB · Post by **KeithB** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:23 pm

Usual sticky problem so how lucky do you need to be to get them freed off?
Just wondering if its worth the effort to free them off or just buy some recons.
Seems a common problem

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:28 pm

I've got a spare set of rear hubs if your interested. Have calipers, discs, pads and hand brake cables if your interested?

Post by **Merlin** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:19 am

If your sliders do not want to come out you will probably need to get some heat on them. Using a blowtorch heat up the bit of the carrier that holds the slider pins. You'll probably bugger the rubber boots. Give the carrier a couple of whacks with the hammer and with a clamping pair of pliers, wiggle the slider pin out.

The slider pins and the holes in the carrier will need to be sanded smooth and regreased. New slider boots can be bought as part of the caliper refurb kit (£26) from Bigg Red.

JayJay · Post by **JayJay** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:26 am

Don't forget to check the caliper piston as well, not just the carriers. If the piston seal is damaged the piston might be rusted!

Be careful when removing the piston though, the fronts and the rears are a different setup. The rears have all sorts of springs and bit's that love to ping away in to corners.

Post by **vanzep** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:31 am

Depends on the condition of the calipers - if theyre not too bad then refurb them - if theyve been on the car for 8 years or more then i would tend to replace them. I refurbed one of mine which was a pain and then had to replace it six months later. Wish id just gone for recons in the first place. Recons are cheap enough to make it the best choice IMO.

JayJay · Post by **JayJay** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:50 am

vanzep wrote:Depends on the condition of the calipers - if theyre not too bad then refurb them - if theyve been on the car for 8 years or more then i would tend to replace them. I refurbed one of mine which was a pain and then had to replace it six months later. Wish id just gone for recons in the first place. Recons are cheap enough to make it the best choice IMO.

Yep that's just what I ended up doing eventually

jozefsan · Post by **jozefsan** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:18 am

we do recondition of brakes in garage, if is done wrong your brakes will fail again, if is done right with right parts then you have again new callipers.

yes recon callipers are cheap to but they are cheap for reason, most of time cheap pattern parts are used.

if you can always recon parts, but use quality parts to do it if you want have quality. it will cost you less then new part.