Well I see I stuffed up again
I am trying to find info about fixing rear brakes They seem to be not releasing properly so I am thinking caliper pistons might be sticking,
What I am wondering is if the calipers are the same as any other car's in Oz or do I have to import a service kit from OS
Rear brake questions
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Derf
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Derf
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overheatjng brakes
Yep I've loosened hand brake cable Pulled callipers off today Everything seems ok No leaks callipers seem to move ok pads are good Only strange thing is there seems to be something like resin on the rotor and sprayed around the inside of the wheel Was told that the disc was glowing red the other night!! Don't know if the heat caused something in the pads to melt or if the resin stuff got into the calliper piston making it stick and the brakes overheat.( Which came first tha chicken or the egg ) Have cleaned it off best I could but it's like it's melted into the disc Only got new discs and pads 5mths ago so I'm a bit p*%$#d off
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Storm
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It sounds like it is your piston. I really need to do mine as well for the same reasons.
To get mine through its last MOT I stripped off the piston boot, wound it out as much as I dared and cleaned up the piston with WD40, as its slightly abrasive. I wound it in and out a few times, cleaning it every time it wound out so it worked enough to get it through the test but for next year I really need to strip the both of them properly.
HTH
Bill
To get mine through its last MOT I stripped off the piston boot, wound it out as much as I dared and cleaned up the piston with WD40, as its slightly abrasive. I wound it in and out a few times, cleaning it every time it wound out so it worked enough to get it through the test but for next year I really need to strip the both of them properly.
HTH
Bill