Possible seized brake, any advice?
01 September 2010, 07:30 PM
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Possible seized brake, any advice?
While driving home this evening I noticed the car didn't feel quite right, like I had left the handbrake on a tiny bit. When I got home I noticed the nearside front brake was smelling hot and smoking very slightly. I have taken the pads out and they and the disc look OK but I think the lower pot may be seized as I couldn't get it to withdraw at all.
I have put the assembly back together (the pads were very difficult to get back in) and had a gentle potter up and down the road and it seems OK now.
I want to get the brakes checked, obviously, but is the pot replaceable or will it be the whole caliper? How much is a decent independent garage likely to charge?
The car is a V5 STI with the standard 2 pot caliper.
Thanks.
I have put the assembly back together (the pads were very difficult to get back in) and had a gentle potter up and down the road and it seems OK now.
I want to get the brakes checked, obviously, but is the pot replaceable or will it be the whole caliper? How much is a decent independent garage likely to charge?
The car is a V5 STI with the standard 2 pot caliper.
Thanks.
01 September 2010, 07:34 PM
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Eh? Std fit caliper/disc is the 4-pot (SUBARU embossed on caliper body) and 294mm disc.
Are you sure you have 2-pots? A typo surely?
EDIT: Yeah, a typo as you mentions earlier "...lower pot..."
There are two pots at the front.... but another two in other half of the caliper, behind the disc.
Are you sure you have 2-pots? A typo surely?
EDIT: Yeah, a typo as you mentions earlier "...lower pot..."
There are two pots at the front.... but another two in other half of the caliper, behind the disc.
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01 September 2010, 07:39 PM
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ian @ godspeed brakes will sort it out for you, doubt you will need a new caliper, possibly a new piston or 2. Or even just clean them up & get new seal kit if they are knackered, again Ian can sort you out & very prompt & helpful service 
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01 September 2010, 07:55 PM
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Jonny, I have a set of perfectly working 4-pots for sale. They need stripping of their paint (and repainted if necessary), as they look a bit ratty. But they work fine. Would only want around £99 quid for 'em (because of their superficial aesthetics). But that's prob a bit of unnecessary overspend, given your issue.
Or you can get seals or the full seals+pistons refurb kits off eBay. Or from Ian as mentioned.
Or you can get seals or the full seals+pistons refurb kits off eBay. Or from Ian as mentioned.
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