VIL2544

Member

• Jan 21, 2013

• #1

Has anyone used the britpart rear calipers if so are they any good or am I better off rebuilding the OEM calipers

Nick

 

robint

Well-Known Member

• Jan 21, 2013

• #2

whats wrong the old ones ??

 

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Steve_R1979

Active Member

• Jan 22, 2013

• #3

I replaced all the callipers on my RRC with ****part

No complaints yet.

Sailed the MOT too.

 

horse62

Active Member

• Jan 22, 2013

• #4

I used them on mine for the last mot and that was 7 months ago and so far they have been fine. They still look good to as they are plated.

 

Last edited: Jan 22, 2013

VIL2544

Member

• Jan 22, 2013

• #5

robint said:

whats wrong the old ones ??[/

There just rotten and the pad keeps dropping through and scoring the disc? This is a common fault I know, so I thought about welding a blob on the pad to help keep it in place, I have just bought a replacement axle and that has the same problem with the calipers and it seems to be driver side that suffers from this problem?

Regards

Nick

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discomania

Well-Known Member

• Jan 22, 2013

• #6

There just rotten and the pad keeps dropping through and scoring the disc? This is a common fault I know, so I thought about welding a blob on the pad to help keep it in place, I have just bought a replacement axle and that has the same problem with the calipers and it seems to be driver side that suffers from this problem?

Regards

Nick

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If that is the only complaint - that the pad is dropping due to a worn caliper, then weld a little extra material onto the pad as you say.

Do the pistons move freely and look good?

I had a similar issue but I had stuck pistons and jammed seals so I did just buy two new calipers to save myself some trouble, but had the pistons not been stuck (and I wasn't prepared to free them off due to time) I would have rebuilt them and possibly tried to build up the material on the caliper to stop the pad dropping.

It was O/S on mine too. Probably due to the extra salt the O/S tends to get exposed too. Same with rot, O/S tends to rust first.

 

VIL2544

Member

• Jan 22, 2013

• #7

Rot whats that?????? the pistons have seized in both of the replacement axle calipers i'm not sure about the ones on the disco now they seem ok but just by the look of them (corroded) i think i will be in the same boat,

 

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eightinavee

Well-Known Member

• Jan 22, 2013

• #8

The simple answer is to add a G to the part number and get them from Britpart - with a D1 you then get AP Lockheed calipers for a sensible price.Worn calipers make pads jam,waste fuel etc,its just not worth doing a cr-p job.