brake caliper - Fiat Coupe

Honest John Back Room » Technical matters
What is life like with your car? Let us know and win £500 in John Lewis vouchers | No thanks
View Threaded
Sat 14 Jan 2006 21:40
brake caliper - Fiat Coupe - piggy
I seem to have a partialy seized brake calliper on the rear nearside wheel of my car. The offside disc is working ok and is shiny.Do i need to change both callipers,or can i get away with changing just the faulty one?
Thanks for any advice.
Reply | Report as offensive | Link
Sat 14 Jan 2006 21:42
brake caliper - hm
you will only need to change the seized one...however, personally I would try unseizing it first. Oftern it is not the pistion but the sliding guides that seize.......
Reply | Report as offensive | Link
Sat 14 Jan 2006 22:17
brake caliper - Randy824nas
I had this on an old car of mine. Not sure what your knowledge on this is so ill keep it simple. First, bleed some fresh brake fluid through, then, take the pads out of the caliper (check the caliper seal, if damaged replace the caliper)give the caliper a good clean with brake cleaner and ensure the hand brake is not sticky. Now press the piston fully in with the bleed nipple open as to puge out the rest of the gunk.Close the bleed nipple. Seen as the pads are now out it maybe worth fitting new for the sake of a few quid (if fitting new, remeber to do the other caliper too), or fit old with a bit of copper slip on the rear of the pads. Refit caliper and bleed once more, also bleed some fluid through the caliper on the otherside.
Reply | Report as offensive | Link
Sat 14 Jan 2006 22:29
brake caliper - Civic8
As Hm said clean the sliders, more than likely will cure the problem.see no reason to change a caliper unless something more serious
--
Steve
Reply | Report as offensive | Link
Sun 15 Jan 2006 00:06
brake caliper - Crinkly Dave
Make and year of vehicle please

Some prone to seizing calipers, some prone to seizing on slides. Some have 2 or more suppliers of brakes
Reply | Report as offensive | Link
Sun 15 Jan 2006 19:34
brake caliper - piggy
Crinkly Dave-Car is a Fiat Coupe of 2000w vintage {Now added to title-DD}, which i blieve is prone to rear caliper problems. The good news is it`s sorted. I cleaned the pad "runners" and fitted new pads. Now works fine. Thank you all.
Reply | Report as offensive | Link