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[Neil Haughey]

If anyone is not sure what a badly corroded caliper looks like show em this picture

...what I couldn't capture though is the really bad pitting around the rear top left piston in that picture, so bad that I reckon this caliper is for the bin. Oh well, as I have new looking calipers on the front some much nicer replacements will be fitted when she next visits EMC to have the engine wiring replaced and some other jobs done.

 

[homesea]

Bet that took some force to get the pads out!

What new calipers have you gone for?

 

[Neil Haughey]

It will be like for like stock replacements such that the car stays within PCGB class 2 rules. I believe Kev has a decent condition pair for me from a 968. The pads are Pagid RS4-2 "blue", very nice pads and would be a shame not to re-use them. TBH I am sure the plates didn't look that bad last spring, I guess these calipers can reach a point whereby they deterioate very rapidly.

As one can see from the pictures it is fairly self explanatory why I had binding rear brake problems, the pads barely fit the plates cold can you imagine what it was like for those backplates on the caliper plates at race temps [].

 

[rav]

My brake pad warning light has just flicked on. I have sourced new discs and pads, but i am frightened that the dreaded caliper lift may be hiding in my calipers.

Last time i was in that situation, i had to pay over £700 for them to be rectified.

 

[sawood12]

I've just put my mate with his Leon Cupra R that had plate lift onto PH Sportscars who I used for a few jobs on my 944 and they sorted out his plate lift for about £110, which included replacement of the plates - which is about the same as it cost when they did my rear calipers. Don't see how it can cost much more unless a full refurbishment of the caliper is done with piston seals and other things.

 

[tref]

What's wrong with those? Unfortunately I couldn't get a decent picture of them, but I've driven around on far worse than those!* Grind down the pads a bit more (Not sure, but it looks like the one on the right of your picture already has been hasn't it?)!

Don't bin them too quickly Neil, I have an idea about boring out old rear calipers to front caliper cylinder dimensions to overcome corrosion problems.

*Never believe the brakes are the most important part of your car... it's rubbish - it's steering - if your brakes fail you can steer round stuff, if your steering fails, you are unlikely to be able to stop quick enough to prevent hitting what-ever your car aims itself at... Needless to say, I still looked a little pale when I saw how much smaller my pads were than they should have been, and now have new calipers.

 

[Neil Haughey]

[] Very good mate. I will find out what the deal is and keep them if they would have gone in the bin, so you can try out your idea on them. The pitting is really really bad, on one part around the piston sleeve I can see a good couple of mm in. Shocking in fact because as you do I like to check the brakes, I am sure it didn't look so bad last year but this is the first time I have had the car out this year. Strange as well given that the car body hasn't rusted at all as stored in a dehumidified garage, some parts I have to paint up just a rub with kitchen towel and they look completely fresh. Very odd.