finallysnapped
Well-Known Member
Do the brake callipers have to be fitted in pairs, like replace both front ones or just as needed if one is faulty?
It kind of makes sense. If one is worn then it's fair to say the other side, if it's not been replaced by someone else before would be the same.
You tend to replace discs in pairs, pads in pairs so seems logical to replace calipers in pairs.
You tend to replace discs in pairs, pads in pairs so seems logical to replace calipers in pairs.
finallysnapped
Well-Known Member
I always had it in my mind to always do both ends of an axle at the same time where possible, even tyres etc but I was just checking I wasn't being overly cautious.
Thank you.
dollywobbler
New Member
This. If it pulls to one side afterwards, then you've still got a duff one. I wouldn't replace a thought-to-be-working caliper just because the other side was duff. Most common for the nearside to play up first as that gets more muck thrown at it.
Pikey
Dummy Ejection Facilitator..
I do mine in Pairs did the fronts a wee while ago Need to do the rears now.
I have a pair of brand new callipers That are almost certainly off a Disco. Certainly don't fit a 110.
£50 for the pair. we can compare measurements to make sure that they'll fit if ya want.
I have a pair of brand new callipers That are almost certainly off a Disco. Certainly don't fit a 110.
£50 for the pair. we can compare measurements to make sure that they'll fit if ya want.
jamesmartin
Well-Known Member
thats exactly the reason ,safety
finallysnapped
Well-Known Member
I saw a good price for all four.
I had my MOT done today and the mechanic didn't want to put all the new suspension on before the MOT thinking it was better and less hassle (less work) to just get it all tidied up and proper before bolting new bits on.
The reason for that story and the sentence before it is that I think with the saving on buying all four it would be less of a kerfuffle to put them on when putting the new springs in. So everything can just come off without having it hanging then all new stuff on. The braided extended hoses will go on then too so it makes sense to me.
The one that's on it is ok but not perfect, it will do, issue is where one of the retaining pins goes through spotted when changing the pads.
Everything is getting to the age where it's needing to get replaced but I'm as well doing it right to get another ten years out of it aren't I?
I had my MOT done today and the mechanic didn't want to put all the new suspension on before the MOT thinking it was better and less hassle (less work) to just get it all tidied up and proper before bolting new bits on.
The reason for that story and the sentence before it is that I think with the saving on buying all four it would be less of a kerfuffle to put them on when putting the new springs in. So everything can just come off without having it hanging then all new stuff on. The braided extended hoses will go on then too so it makes sense to me.
The one that's on it is ok but not perfect, it will do, issue is where one of the retaining pins goes through spotted when changing the pads.
Everything is getting to the age where it's needing to get replaced but I'm as well doing it right to get another ten years out of it aren't I?
thebiglad
Well-Known Member
no not really a new caliper wont be any more powerful than a correctly working existing item they both get the same pressure applied from the master cylinder ,just make sure the other is working and in good clean order, its just a sliding piston if its not working the same as the new one then it has a fault,leak or corrosion and should have been changed for that reason not just because its older
