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Author Subject: Brake piston HELP asap!!
gnrlee Forum Admin

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Post #1
After not Driving GUP for a year now she's come out of retirement for a while..

to cut a long story short
I got an advisory the last MOT,
the front Brake Discs were pitted and can hear rubbing on the discs I put it down to a sticky piston,
so went about pulling it all apart,
it looks like I've lost a small ring seal and the large seal has a small nick in it I pressed the brake peddle to see if the piston was moving properly and to get it out far enough to have a good check of unfortunately it came out too far and p*ssed some break fluid out,
now I can't even get the piston back in to get it to a garage am I right in thinking that now I'm going to have to drain it and re-bleed the whole system before that piston will go back in again?

Blush

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Posted 19th Feb 2010 at 21:09
sacko_gti6

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Would it have not been a sticky slider instead of piston? LOL

..and yes, i would

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Posted 19th Feb 2010 at 21:13
gnrlee Forum Admin

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sacko_gti6 wrote:
Would it have not been a sticky slider instead of piston? LOL

..and yes, i would


LOL the slider seemed fine could be wrong though!
Bollox it'll have to stay there until next week Sad

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Posted 19th Feb 2010 at 21:20
al4x

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take the caliper off, check if the piston is pitted, if it is order a new one and seal set, if not just order the seal set from brakepartsuk, rebuild it it is dead easy then refit it with pads etc and then bleed the whole system
Posted 19th Feb 2010 at 21:25
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al4x wrote:
take the caliper off, check if the piston is pitted, if it is order a new one and seal set, if not just order the seal set from brakepartsuk, rebuild it it is dead easy then refit it with pads etc and then bleed the whole system


Thumbs up
Laugh it's just going to have to live on an axle stand until I can get everything together
just looking up brake bleeding FAQ's :s

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Posted 22nd Feb 2010 at 23:35
sacko_gti6

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Its simples...

....Just make sure you use a deep socket when removing the nipples, as snapping them off is far too easy.

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Posted 19th Feb 2010 at 21:39
al4x

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p.s you might as well change the seals and dust boots on the other one while you've got it in bits. Seal sets are under
Posted 19th Feb 2010 at 21:50
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and best thing to do will be to get all 4 of the spares wheels i have to between 15-20 psi and get one of those kits from Halfords (1 man kits if there arn't any better ones???) as well as 1.5 liters of DOT4 for the break fluid change?

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Posted 19th Feb 2010 at 21:54
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hardly uses any air one tyre will be fine
Posted 19th Feb 2010 at 22:02
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Post #10
Spot on Thank you! Big grin

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Posted 19th Feb 2010 at 22:10

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