front brake calipers
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front brake calipers
I'm having trouble with sticky front caliper, if i take it off and give it a clean chances are its gonna do it again? Would it be best to upgrade? if so to what?
Any reccomendations? my99 classic
Any reccomendations? my99 classic
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It has probably suffered a split seal and the mild steal pistons may have corroded - best bet is to rebuild with some stainless pistons from the likes of godspeed
Either that or upgrade to STI brakes or k-sports but it'll be quite a bit dearer
Either that or upgrade to STI brakes or k-sports but it'll be quite a bit dearer
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Whip the calipers off, pull the seals off, run an airline or similar to drive the pistons out far enough to get a grip of them (assuming you're replacing them all), drag them out, clean up the piston, insert new pistons and refit, or save the time and get some of these
http://www.godspeedbrakes.co.uk/~god...id_product=138
http://www.godspeedbrakes.co.uk/~god...id_product=138
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Had a caliper with seized piston (two pot) it warped the disc with the heat. It was a Tokico caliper, only Subaru supplied caliper would fit. The reconditioned ones had different mounting spacings. Was off the road for a week finding this out!
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