4 Pot Caliper Refurb?

[M8JOF1]

Checked out brakes today as for some reason they were squeeling all the time. Turns out one of the pads were jammed onto the disk and have worn themselves down to about 1mm of life left. Other side was fine with bags of miles left in them.

Is this a weak piston? Would a refurb sort this out?

Would anyone have an idea who would do this and where abouts you go to have it done?

Ayrshire area

Cheers in advance

Jof

[marky.t.s]

Have a look here mate http://forums.sidc.co.uk/forums/thread/888643.aspx

i'm sure Fee would give you any info req'd. 

[simon_mcwilliam]

When I got my calipers 2nd hand I went to brakeparts.co.uk & bought 2no seal kits & 8no pistons for £125 delivered.

[infiltrator2]

Ian Godney of Godspeed will refurb with new seals/Stainless pistons and repaint for £175.

I'll probably get mines overhauled by him, could do it myself but I couldn't clean the calipers as well as he can and by the time you buy the bits you're nearly as cheap to go with the above. I replaced my seals about 3 years ago but some of the pistons were corroded. Spring clips that hold on the dust boot are a bit of a challenge... 

[scoobykev]

I've just had my 4 pots refurbed,i put them in to my local motor factors, (D&A in forfar), who sent them off to Brake Engineering, cost me £165.

 

[wrxmania]

Speak to AWD - they are available on an exchange basis I am sure - less than £100 with your old caliper gets you a new one!  Refurb would be madness at that price, other than the cheap refurb of the seals.

Brian []

[scoobykev]

Speak to AWD - they are available on an exchange basis I am sure - less than £100 with your old caliper gets you a new one!  Refurb would be madness at that price, other than the cheap refurb of the seals.

Brian []

i priced them a while back, sure they said £85 each, and they used brake engineering, although i'm sure if thats not right some of the awd guys can set us straight. 

[dan_jess]

Jof, speak to Bartolo Sport []

[infiltrator2]

Speak to AWD - they are available on an exchange basis I am sure - less than £100 with your old caliper gets you a new one!  Refurb would be madness at that price, other than the cheap refurb of the seals.

Brian []

 

But a new one with mild steel pistons, the pistons fitted by Godspeed as part of the refurb are Stainless Steel, it tends to be the corrosion and pitting on the standard pistons that lead to the calipers becoming u/s.

I've nowt to do with Godspeed, just like good honest value at a good price.

 When you say 'new', don't you mean exchange? or why would they want the old caliper? If these are exchange units then they're refurb'd anyway?

[wrxmania]

I am sure they said new - but I could be wrong.  They would obviously take your old one to sell as a refurbed caliper or whoever does the exchange. 

It would take quite a while for a caliper to become faulty again so unless I was planning on keeping the car for a seriously long time, I would not consider the stainless parts - I'd rather fit AP's or equivalent in the long term.

Brian [] 

[sma01]

might be worth giving Higgy a shout mate, he bought my old front calipers and they needed a wee bit of work and they are now mint i believe....so he might be able to point you in the right direction

scott

[grant@AWD]

YES your right scoobykev we have lots of those calipers on the shelf and that is the right price mate

 

[M8JOF1]

YES your right scoobykev we have lots of those calipers on the shelf and that is the right price mate