Rear brake caliper
Discussion
Had a quick drive today, to test the impreza rack, feels great so far, need to fix my reservoir, and get tracking done, anyway had the OS rear brake pads to fit, the other three corners already done. Seemed difficult to remove the caliper from the 2 sliding pins, on closer inspection, one of the bores on the caliper carrier is worn and both pins are bent. My actual caliper/ piston is fine, can I purchase just the carrier and new pins, or do I have to purchase caliper and carrier together?
Any ideas
Any ideas
Try http://www.biggred.co.uk/ John is quite helpful but I suspect you will struggle just to buy the carrier. EBay might be the other best option. Good luck!
Try http://www.biggred.co.uk/ John is quite helpful but I suspect you will struggle just to buy the carrier. EBay might be the other best option. Good luck!
Richard 858 said:
Doesn't make sense to me either, mind you I've never been keen on that design of caliper - no matter how common it is !
Its not that uncommon. It happens when the pins and slider get dry and seize. When the brakes get applied instead of the slider moving to clamp the pads the pins get bent as the piston is not inline with the pins. BoostedChim said:
Its not that uncommon. It happens when the pins and slider get dry and seize. When the brakes get applied instead of the slider moving to clamp the pads the pins get bent as the piston is not inline with the pins.
This ^ and stupid fkers trying to lever the caliper over to move the piston back into the body which as we know dont happen when a caliper incorporates a handbrake mechanism Just got back from a mates garage, he is building another drift car, he mentioned he had a Sierra back axle with calipers so went for a look, unfortunately these were the solid disc type not the vented disc type, so the width of the pad track was less than 55mm and the pins were 60mm not 71mm. So still looking.
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