Hi

When I purchased my car it was advertised with a sticky caliper. I did have it cleaned up by a garage who stated it wud prob start sticking again.

Well it has, got back today to find it burning hot and smelling. It's the front drivers side

Can anyone suggest what I can do..?

Thanks in advance

Carla

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Rebuild or replace are the only things you can do to be honest.

 

Unless the garage took the actual caliper apart then it will stick again as it will be the piston sticking imo,your best bet is to refurb the caliper (change the pistons and seals).

Speak to someone like Ian at http://www.godspeedbrakes.co.uk/ or pm him on here (Godspeed Brakes) as he can advise/supply all the bits you need or even do them for you for a price

 

Depending upon what type of caliper rebuild kits are readily available that include stainless pistons, but if they're 4-pots Godspeed does a really well priced replacement set...

http://www.godspeedbrakes.co.uk/~god...id_product=150

http://www.godspeedbrakes.co.uk/~god...id_product=138

 

Just cured the same problem with mine, I simply replaced the calipers with new ones. I found the refurb kits were about £110 for stainless pistons, seals etc. but I wold also have needed the pad locating pins, which were not included in the kit and would have to be purchased separately for about £10. So the total would be about £120, and the new calipers were £159 delivered, so that made much more sense. Here's a link to them if you are interested

Cheers, Pete

 

Thanks very much for all your help, I've followed scooby546 and purchased a new caliper direct replacement

Just gotta talk hubby round now to fit it for me

 

These are not Original calipers though you know that , they are copies , nothing wrong with them as we sell them , but if you didn't know they are not OEM.
Cheers Ian

 

Yes thanks they look implement different but will do

 

*completely

 

Yes sorry should have stated these are not originals but copies, still good though and much easier than refurbishing your own ones. One other point is that I replaced both sides at the same time - very important to keep things in balance so I tend to replace both sides at once for things like brakes, tyres, shocks etc. I found these easy enough to fit, remember to use copper lube on the pad retention pins etc. good luck

 

I'm going with the re-furbed ones when I get round to it

 

Freeing up but not reconditioning is only a temporary fix generally within a few months they will seize again. They need to be shot blasted inside the casting as they are a tight tolerance to the piston. A slight amount of corrosion will mean the housing gripping the piston.

We also offer a full range of reconditioned Calipers and have stainless steel pistons and seal kits for most models including Outbacks, Legacy and Forrester models.

http://www.scoobyworx.com/reconditio...ipers-35-c.asp

We offer discounts to forum members and also loyalty points for all purchases to redeem against future purchases.

Cheers
Darrell