Scadds

Hi Guys

I have had the problem today of one of my 4 pots deciding to get stuck on !!!

Driving along 50miles away from home and i can feel a big resistance and the steering wheel shaking, also me having to accelerate hard, so i pulled over and there was smoke coming from the calliper where it got so hot!!!, luckily it came unstuck so i could get home and no problem again...

Question is what would you recommend i do, get them refurbished or upgrade them (if so what for??) , as i need new disks and pads anyway??

cheers

Godspeed Brakes

iTrader: (259)

Hi
I can supply you any parts you need , from single pistons , to sets of pistons and seal kits to refurbish the calipers yourself , to fully reconditioned calipers on an exchange basis ,to full kits with copy Subaru calipers that are an exact copy of the originals bar the name on the front

Full kit with brand new 4 pot calipers , grooved discs and kevlar pads for £279 !

https://www.scoobynet.com/trader-ann...rom-279-a.html

Whatever your needs , we can help you

Cheers Ian
01656 723060

leecalcars

iTrader: (37)

A mate of mine sells the piston kits and seals ,he has an engineering shop in market rasen and sells for around £100 i think if your handy with spanners quite easy to do pm me if you want his number.

Scadds

Hi Ian

thats a very good price for full kit, I'm very tempted, how quickly would be dispatch on this??

Also how much would all the parts i need to refurbish them and disk and pads?? just trying to work out what would be best to do???

cheers

leecalcars

iTrader: (37)

found the link for you mate he's called Dan

https://www.scoobynet.com/group-buys...-calipers.html

brendy76

iTrader: (6)

If you are moderately handy with spanners, you can refurb them yourself, if not get them to Ian (posted above). i did my own with new pistons etc and they have never been as sharp as they are now in my couple years of ownership.
I got my bits from the jap import guys and Bigg Red, reasonably cheap too.

Godspeed Brakes

iTrader: (259)

We have the full kits in stock for a next day delivery , we can also supply you the stainless steel pistons and seal kits for £99 , we dont do it on the fiddle as the other link on here does , a legal fully insured company.
Cheers Ian

Godspeed Brakes

iTrader: (259)

We can also offer you grooved front discs with black painted centres and kevlar sport pads for £99 , or £199 with bluestuff or orangestuff pads

leecalcars

iTrader: (37)

Steady on mate ... on the fiddle ...! whats the crack there then ..

Godspeed Brakes

iTrader: (259)

He's had a local company make up some pistons and is selling them on , as a sideline , he is not trading legally , he is not paying to advertise on here , what would you call it ?

It costs me a lot of money to trade , including advertising costs on places like scoobynet , so I feel quite strongly in protecting my interests

andy_rr

In my experience doing 1 caliper which looked in terrible condition - externally anyway - all that actually really needed replacing was the 1st seal on each bore, the dust seal.
I bought 4 pistons and enough seals for 2 calipers (cost was about £80 or so I think) and could have salvaged all the pistons but replaced 1 as it had some damge at the outer edge. Others had no corrosion that couldn't be removed with the application of a little wet and dry. The inner seals I DID replace - they didn't appear to be damaged in any way but as I had sufficient I did them anyway. Took a couple of hours.
If you want the ability to just swap over then Ian's exchange caliper deal is suitable and also means you don't have the worry of 'what if I find a problem when I try to remove mine'.

Pramas

godspeeds brakes are top notch u wont go wrong should you chose them

scoobwr1

Can these be bought painted in any colour?

Godspeed Brakes

iTrader: (259)

Yes we can do them any colour you want , there are various colours on show in this thread , if you want these brand new calipers painted add £25

https://www.scoobynet.com/trader-ann...-calipers.html

Cheers Ian

Scadds

Thanks for the info Ian, I think i will just go for the full kit with brand new 4 pot calipers , grooved discs and kevlar pads for £279

Would you be interested in my exciting subrau 4 pots for restoration??

thanks
Matt

Scoobyno1

iTrader: (22)

Sorry for hijacking your thread, but i fitted some used 4 pots, pads and discs and im getting a judder that you can feel through the steering wheel and the brake pedal, but only when braking. Would this be sticking calipers or warped discs? When they were removed from the other car, there was no apparent problems.

Has anyone got any ideas?

Cheers

Darc174

iTrader: (13)

Warped disc I would say

Godspeed Brakes

iTrader: (259)

Hi Matt
Thanks for your order , the kit will be sent out tomorrow and will be with you on tuesday
Cheers Ian

Hi
It could be your hub is running out , which would mean you would have had shaking on your old brakes , if not and its only doing it on the new ones , then it sounds like they are warped and it would have been shaking on the car they were taken off

Cheers Ian

Scoobyno1

iTrader: (22)

Just an update on this. I changed to new discs and pads and the problem has gone. Very strange though as it was my brother in law I got the calipers and discs from and he said they were fine before breaking the car?

At least its sorted now, thanks for the comments of help.

Scadds

Hi Ian

The kit arrived this morning buddy & everything look great, well packaged up too

Better get the brush out and give them a coat before fitting them on one evening...

Thanks for all you quick reply's & Great service..
Matt