Goodfella

New Member

• Feb 22, 2012

• #1

I know i have a sticking rear NS brake caliper as there was a burning smell a few days ago and the wheel was very hot. I have a new caliper and pads and they are being fitted on Friday. Not sure if my question is unrelated or connected to this problem but i have noticed a whirring/low tone/winding type noise when driving at low speed or lifting off from underneath the car in the driver seat type of area?? I am guessing it is something to do with the one wheel being dragged slower by the caliper....but if its not then I'll have to ask the mechanic to have a look at it too.

Any thoughts?

 

dogsbody

Very senior member

• Feb 22, 2012

• #2

I've just replaced my rear calipers after one of them stuck. Whilst I will say that I didn't feel or hear anything, I don't think that I drove more than half a mile before I knew that something was wrong.

 

jt_armstrong

Well-Known Member

• Feb 22, 2012

• #3

On mine it was the carrier that was seized. Both sides were so bad that I needed new ones.

 

Dopey

Well-Known Member

• Feb 22, 2012

• #4

Take the wheel off, take the calliper off and see where its rusted in, use a bit of spray like wd40 or plus gas, to free it, put copper grease on it, so it slides along the "rail" it will take you all of 1/2 to do, even if your some kind of numpty you can do it, why are you wasting your hard earned on such simple jobs at a maniac is beyond me

 

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Davie F

Active Member

• Feb 22, 2012

• #5

Yeah agreed not that difficult to refurb the calipers, seems like a lot of money wasted but only if you have the time and have somewhere to park the motor off of the road to do it.
Davie

 

Goodfella

New Member

• Feb 22, 2012

• #6

Dopey said:

Take the wheel off, take the calliper off and see where its rusted in, use a bit of spray like wd40 or plus gas, to free it, put copper grease on it, so it slides along the "rail" it will take you all of 1/2 to do, even if your some kind of numpty you can do it, why are you wasting your hard earned on such simple jobs at a maniac is beyond me

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We all have our skills and mechanics are not one of mine and while i have tried to some jobs myself i think i will leave brakes to an expert. I remember fixing the brakes on an my Cortina 25 years ago and they failed within a mile because the caliper was on wrong.

I'm not proud and may well be a mechanical numpty but i carry my family around in this car so i'm not messing with it. Each to their own

 

Soloby Rob

Banned

• Feb 22, 2012

• #7

Goodfella said:

We all have our skills and mechanics are not one of mine and while i have tried to some jobs myself i think i will leave brakes to an expert. I remember fixing the brakes on an my Cortina 25 years ago and they failed within a mile because the caliper was on wrong.

I'm not proud and may well be a mechanical numpty but i carry my family around in this car so i'm not messing with it. Each to their own

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Well said mate, don't mess with brakes, steering or suspension if you don't know what you're doing.

 

Dopey

Well-Known Member

• Feb 23, 2012

• #8

To fee a calliper or change the pads, is not a life threatening job, its easy and you dont have to be the least mechanical minded at all, its just nuts and bolts you cant go wrong its an easy job and a striate forward system, OK if you had to bleed your brakes and didn't know what you was doing i would say spend £50 of you ££ and have it done at a shop (its cheaper for them to do it anyway, it would cost you more in fluid to do the job)