Britpart brake callipers, any real life experience?
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Littelwill
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Friend fitted them to a disco and another to his defender. Both about 4 years ago. No problems I've heard of 
Litch
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I have also used them on my 90, no problems whatsoever.
discomania
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Not bought them personally as I refuse to buy anything from Britpart. The pistons are not great, chrome bubbles quickly and the casing itself rusts quickly. It might be worth buying them but immediately fitting stainless steel pistons - depends how that cost stacks up against getting better ones in the first place. Are your old one beyond rebuild? If your old ones are LR/Lockheed I would be tempted to rebuild.
danny6801
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3 years on my 90 no problems.
The pistons on the OE calipers are hardly top quality.
On my 2005 110 they had rusted so you could not get them into the calipers to fit new brake pads.
There seem to be no dust seals on the pistons. I replaced the front pads on my mate's similar age Freelander and the calipers had rubber boots on the pistons to stop them from corroding.
On my 2005 110 they had rusted so you could not get them into the calipers to fit new brake pads.
There seem to be no dust seals on the pistons. I replaced the front pads on my mate's similar age Freelander and the calipers had rubber boots on the pistons to stop them from corroding.
discomania
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Land Rover pistons should to be smothered in red rubber grease (the ONLY grease that should come into contact with brake system internals) which is not great as it means that A: everyone who does these brakes should have a can of it and don't always, B: it does eventually disappear and C: it's not as good as a boot!
Lockheed pistons were pretty good and tended not to corrode, but it takes care not to chip the chrome in the first place which then starts the corrosion. Not sure if you had your 110 from new or not but assuming that at some point it had pads changed it just takes someone smacking the pistons a bit and a chip will start the process. Even being a bit rough with a bar when pushing back pistons will cause it. I tend to use the handle of a wooden hammer to push the pistons home.
cowasaki
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Fitted Britpart discs and calipers to the rear of my 90 3-4 months ago and no issues at all.
