Lazy Caliper
- Thread starter Oli1983uk
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Try some local parts stores, picked one up for a GTi for £70 and was given £30 for the old one! so in total £40 spent job sorted.
quickdraw
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id personally just check the seal,
the rear calipers are screw type so you have to twist as you puch it back in.
if you put a set of mole grips around the flexible brake linejust behind the caliper., take the caliper off etc and pump the brake it will push the piston out.
you can see if it lacks push or not. it may be that it is simply needing bleeding. so a full bleed, also check your levels as the N/S/R will have least affect (furthest away) so if it isnt bled properly or is lacking fluid then this can cause the affects too.
could save you the money
but depends on how technical minded you are and if you have the right tools to be able to push the piston back in once you have pushed it out to check it.
wayne
the rear calipers are screw type so you have to twist as you puch it back in.
if you put a set of mole grips around the flexible brake linejust behind the caliper., take the caliper off etc and pump the brake it will push the piston out.
you can see if it lacks push or not. it may be that it is simply needing bleeding. so a full bleed, also check your levels as the N/S/R will have least affect (furthest away) so if it isnt bled properly or is lacking fluid then this can cause the affects too.
could save you the money
but depends on how technical minded you are and if you have the right tools to be able to push the piston back in once you have pushed it out to check it.
wayne
Could also be a siezed slidepin, I`ve just stripped my rear brakes down tonight, as the handbrake wouldn`t hold the car on the slightest of inclines & the bottom offside pin was siezed to funk, so the pads weren`t gripping the disc!
WD40, molegrips & a club hammer got it out, then some wet & dry to get all the shite off of it & it`s as good as new now.
WD40, molegrips & a club hammer got it out, then some wet & dry to get all the shite off of it & it`s as good as new now.
quickdraw
AOC Trader
might not just "suddenly" need bleeding
may have been toss since a brake change?
just offering symptoms that may be able to help, since people are asked to use the search buttom offering help of fixing a propblem also helps others aswell as the originator of the thread in a case that this may be the issue with theirs.
its all good just saying replace it, but if you try help someone, i believe thats what makes a car forum, a car forum.
but then u got to get people to use the search feature before simply just makign a new thread, but then in a world were everyone would rather be given things rather than working for them, thats gonna be hard.
send kids back to work at 7 i say!
may have been toss since a brake change?
just offering symptoms that may be able to help, since people are asked to use the search buttom offering help of fixing a propblem also helps others aswell as the originator of the thread in a case that this may be the issue with theirs.
its all good just saying replace it, but if you try help someone, i believe thats what makes a car forum, a car forum.
but then u got to get people to use the search feature before simply just makign a new thread, but then in a world were everyone would rather be given things rather than working for them, thats gonna be hard.
send kids back to work at 7 i say!
Wasn`t having a bash
...... i just wondered how it needed bleeding if the brakes hadn`t been messed with. You also tend to get other symptoms as well......
surely if it was a lazy calliper the foot brake would suffer aswell? could maybe be handbrake cable sticking? or as said a stuck slider pin? seized pads? or maybe even the rear brakes just needing adjusting? there could be a few things and without having a look i think it would b hard to pin point and say it was deffinately one thing. but watever you do, dont forget to losen off the cable before adjusting the handbrake!