Nervous Wait

[Dave Ed]

I'm currently sat in the waiting roon watching an mot tester going over the car.

It's its first mot in 8 years and I could be driving it properly later today.

Nervous and excited is an understatement.

[richardm6994]

Dave!!!! So pleased for you mate

 

Good luck

[Dave Ed]

Yeah am glad its happening.

It failed on 3 points and I've sorted 2 of them already.

I've got a binding front caliper so need to sort that sharpish.

Are caliper seal kits easy to fit?

Edited July 2, 2015 by Dave Ed

[kevin the chicken]

Yep, I changed both my pistons and the seals came with the kit. If its binding you may find that you need change the pistons as they probably have rust on them. Think the kit was about a tenner a side

[Guest 2b cruising]

Not cirtain which calipers you have.

If they have only one piston the most common fault is sticking sliders.

Have a go at cleaning lubing these up first.

Easy fix, no spares required

Cost, about half hour of your time.

You could even still get it passed today.

Edited July 2, 2015 by 2b cruising

[Dave Ed]

I did wonder about that.

It's all based on a 1.6 so was going to spray the hell out of it first.

 

It's no where near finished but if I can get it road legal I can use it.

[Guest Ian & Carole]

Dave

When you do rebuild treat your sliders with a good coating of copper grease.

 

Guarantee they will never seize again.

[Dave Ed]

That was going to be my next question.

Cheers Ian

[jaimo]

Welcome to exmo on the road but work required club lol

[Dave Ed]

Cheers Jamie.

 

I've looked at the calipers and the sliders are fine, looks like I'll be rebuilding the calipers.

Does anyone know of a good motor factors as I can't find anything on ECP or GSF.

[Guest Ian & Carole]

http://www.biggred.co.uk/index.php

 

Read good reviews from these guys and IMHO I would go down the route of exchange calipers.

 

If you don't use the car a lot then you run the risk of re built callipers becoming sticky again in 12 / 18 months.

[Guest 2b cruising]

+1 as above.

This would be a long term solution and give veer even brake effort both sides.

[Guest mower man]

The other way to get rid of sliders is to uprate to Hi-Spec alloy 4 pots and 260mm+vent discs ,it is awhile ago but I got the whole set up for just over £300 possible over kill but it did stop well and no sticky probs mick

[Dave Ed]

Mick,

I'd love to upgrade and probably will, there has been talk on another post about brakes already being sufficient as the car weighs significantly less than the Sierra donor.

A move to 2.0 calipers and hubs is my preference as my budget is limited. However when I consider the cost of hubs, refurbished calipers, new disks and pads I might be better off with a performance alternative.

For now I think I'll just use a seal and piston kit and get on the road. I can already lock the brakes (servo assisted) so don't have too many concerns.