Childsy

My front left caliper is sticking..... Where's the best place for a refurbed replacement? Seen some on ebay but is there a particular seller on ebay that many people on here have bought from that they recommend?

Cheers ladies and gents

CynicG

Bigg Red

J_B

Interested to know this too. The front left has stuck on my car twice in 1 week now.

Childsy

Are they still providing this service? I guess I would need to remove my caliper and send it off to get refurbed by these guys? rather than just buying a refurbed caliper which I was looking to do.

noodels

Just press foot on brake <pads removed> and clean piston from dirt build up lube it and push it in again.

Toms1989

AMK or Shaftec, obtainable through local motorfactors, come with a 2 year warranty or 30k or so miles. Set you back about £60-£70 each

J_B

Are the Bigg Red brake caliper repair kits worth buying? At £20 and a few hours work they seem like quite a good way to go. Instructions would be nice too

Childsy

My Sunday consisted in cleaning the car and then moving on to this dam caliper!! I removed the caliper, pushed the piston out and saw a fair bit of rust. Used some wet and dry to rub it down as best I could, cleaned it up, regreased, refitted, flushed through some new brake fluid, job done. The piston was a little bit sticky but not as bad as it was previously so will be looking to replace caliper after Xmas.

silverspark

Look on E Bay & order 2 x Budweg caliper kits by Brakeparts.co.uk @ £33.95 each . The kit comes with everything you need to refurb the calipers yourself including the pistons which are the components that corrode and stick . If your reasonably confident it should be a steady Sunday mornings work . I originally pushed my rusted calipers out and cleaned up but this only buys you a few months & they will be sticking again . It's really not so difficult job and will save you a lot of hard earned .You will also need brake fluid to re bleed & replenish system as you may as well do the right thing and do a fluid change / bleed all 4 corners while you have the jacks out & wheels off - hope this helps !

J_B

I decided to order a reconditioned caliper instead of refurbishing at home. £130 with a £30 refund when you send the old one back to them. I had the right hand one included in the sale of the car because the previous owner thought the right hand one was sticking, so I bought the left hand one as well so I can change both. Might be worth a look for anyone else having problems. They are refurbished by http://www.brake-eng.com/.

Sold by Brakes International. http://tinyurl.com/nfsvjez

For giggles I rang Honda about replacing both front calipers. £650 per side!