Was working on my car this weekend and found out that both my front calipers stick and drag when in use. I greased up the sliders on both sides with red rubber grease and it didn't make much of a difference. Within a few pumps of the brake pedal, they were sticking again. They are not seized solid, but there is a fair bit of dragging when I spin the wheels with my hands. They both feel as though they are sticking the same amount.

Without taking the calipers apart, I can't really see what the pistons are like. The piston dust seals are in good condition on both sides. There are no visible leaks around the servo or master cylinder. One thing I did notic is that I bled the front brakes a month or two back and since then the pedal has gone quite soft.

Whats the best course of action? I realise that it could be the servo, the servo rod, master cylinder, brake flexihoses or the calipers themselves. Is there any way to exclude some of these or is it a case of replacing everything until they are sorted?

Thanks for the reply, I did notice smoke coming from the NS disc when I took it for a drive yesterday so was worried it was a problem.

I think I'll change the front flexi hoses for braided ones and get some reconned calipers. I checked the price for the seals, pistons and sliders from Brakeparts and it came to £88. I would normally give it a go but I've never done them before, so I'll get in touch with Carl and see if he still does those caliper exchanges.

Hang on a minute - why are calipers that you haven't checked being condemned?

Both piston boots were fine however one of my pistons was stuck because it had dried out solid. So much so i couldn't even get the piston back in. I laced it under the piston seal with red rubber grease, gave it a good hiding on the way to work, and repeated the next night. Was beautifully smooth the day after and still is after 6K.

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I was going to suggest that red rubber grease mixed with brake dust forms an excellent glue! Whip them off, remove the pistons and give it all a thourough clean up, refit with fresh rubber grease and give it a try the brakes again before you shell out unenecessarily on new ones.

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do one side at a time and you can use pedal pressure to pop them most of the way out, water pump pliers on the ridge away from the bore of the piston to get it out the last bit if needed.

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yeah exactly that

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I removed the sliders completely and cleaned and regreased them. They were quite free has I greased them up when I did the pads not too long ago.