Front Calliper
I needed a new front calliper with 1 pipe going in for my 300 diesel that broke down in France. Quite a hard thing to find. Europarts wanted £257 + VAT for a calliper! Luckily Merv and Jeff @ G Glass Centre had one for me for £120 including postage. I had to buy a whole front corner from a breaker to get one only to discover it had 2 pipes going in. £200 down the drain. If anyone needs a front right corner, shaft, cv, ball, etc. let me know.
Lessen learned: Don’t always go off in search of 2nd hand bits. It might be cheaper to buy new from the start. Just ask the people who knows.
Aye LEEU,
I have pondered why my '84 has two pipes but the '89 only has one, seemed a backward step to me.
Marcus
Hi Christo,
Sorry to have let you down on this one......
As Marcus says, it seemed a backward step to me, the 1989 having only one feed pipe, compared to the 1984.
Cheers for now,
Martin
You should really replace the calipers in pairs for a couple of reasons.
1. If one has died then it probably wont be long before the other does.
2. There was more than one supplier for Calipers for the early G's, both I had were different designs and brake fluid capacities. Therefore if you have an odd pair you will have odd braking behaviour. That why I say replace in pairs so that you know they are of the same manufacturer/model and have a brand new performance feel.
I am speaking of this with first hand experience! :lol:
the brake disc cut through the caliper, that why he only needs one and it doesn't need a pair.
Sorry scouse what pink is saying is WHENEVER you need to replace a caliper you should always do 2 regardless of incident.
In France when you go to have tyres or shocks or anything suspension and brakes replaced it is alway replaced in pairs, this isnt a money thing but a safety. even if one side is perfectly ok it is known that it will quickly deteriorate due the opposing new :)
Nicholas,
I somehow doubt that the French farmer/pesant/rural dweller replaces anything that does not need replaced, and I have replaced pads on one side but not the other etc without problems.
OK springs and dampers, and probably discs are different.
Plus with the new computerised brake testing kit here at the MoT centre it is remarkable how much difference there can be in origional/matched braking components.
Common sense and moderation count for a lot.
PS how did the disc cut through the caliper, I presume the caliper must have come loose?
Cheers,
Marcus
See if you can find somebody to refurbish it, I found a company in Worcester that will refurb a caliper for £60, cant remember the name off hand. And they did a great job too, looks and performs as new. That is assuming of course that the caliper is salvageable, doesn't sound too good though and again get both done.
The disc actually cut through the caliper, it cut through that much that it burned a hole to where the brake fluid is.
If chris is to change this with another second hand one, he doesn't need to do a pair. every time i change brake pads it will alway be as a pair, same goes for brake discs. i had to swap a caliper on a G the other week because all the pistons were seized on one caliper, went for an mot same day and the braking efficency was even on both sides.
Bingo !
I bought the car the Thursday from a "friend" it was clean and well looked after. actualy in great shape. Without a weelbearing on one side, it disintegrated. I took it to France on Thursday. It didn't make a sound or drove funny. 'till smoke came from wheel. the disc was running against the caliper, keeping the weel upright. It cost me a fortune to fix everything, and that in France.
All I can say is I drove it home...
What a car!
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OK,ok I'll listen to you all. I'll get another