Nanglebadger Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 A couple of u may already have known that my passenger side caliper locked on me a few weeks back and resulted in a cloud of smoke from the front end!!!Well yesterday me and my family went indoor carting in Ballymena...on the way up i could feels omethin wrong and the night before along the motorway i was convinced i could hear a strange noise from the passenger front end! So when i pulled up to a junction with my window down i got a HUGE wiff of something burnin.....thought 'oh poo....bet ya thats me'....pulled into the carting carpark and got out to have a look...to find LOTS of smoke pouring from my caliper!!!! Had the car recoveredon a flat bed lorry and taken back to Larne....where my mechanic took the caliper apart to find....nothing wrong at all!!!! WTF!!!!! the pistons are perfectly free but the wheel is COVERED in brake dust which is a good trick as EBC green stuff pads arent meant to break down like that, esp at only 3 weeks old!!!!!! Clearly there is somethin worng with it tho and we've decided to bin them and now have to fork out for uprated calipers, most probably a set of AP Racin calipers....a nice upgrade but NOT when i wanted to do it as it will cost a BOMB!!!!Total bugger!Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Simon Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 Phil i've got a perfect set of calipers from my glanza which are the same as the uk starlet if you need them will let them go cheap just postage might be a little bit.Simon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted April 22, 2006 Author Share Posted April 22, 2006 The caliper was totally serviced when it seized a few weeks back streetracer mate and the pistons greased up with graphite grease so they should be fine, plus my mechanic knows his shit inside and out and he cant figure it out!! He's gettin me a price for the AP Racin calipers, hopefully not £600, if they are i'll opt for Wilwood ones or somethin instead.@Simon, thanks for the offer dude, but if im changin then i may aswell upgrade, roads here are shit esp in winter so more stoppin power would be nice, may do disks too not sure, tho if the price turns out to be ridiculous i may take u up dude, tho TBH i really dont wana go factory because it could only happen again, how many miles r on them??Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rmsnoel Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 I think your really really really stupid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ecksjay Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 um, you could get some calipers from anywhere, from a glanza etc or another uk starlet, dont really see the NEED for spending stupid money on uprated calipers, last time i look at wilwoods on the jap auctions they were over a grand.....just get some working calipers for like 50 quid and be done with it, i dont know of anyone else thats had this problem so it must be a one off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted April 22, 2006 Author Share Posted April 22, 2006 @Jay and ecksjay, cheers guys, we'll see wot kinda money is involved before any decisions are made.@Noeal...cheers for the constructive advise, nice job. Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whitestarlet Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 phil i think you ve maybe just got a bad caliper! i ve 144,000 now and have had no problems i would go to a breakers and pick up a 2nd hand set. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lobotomy Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 May as well price AP's it would let the rest of us know anyway. But I'd be expecting > £500 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scutch0 Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 really sorry to hear dude.hope everything gets sorted... i would personally take simon up on his offer mate, you shouldnt need to upgrade calipers really, just a new set.Rich. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jozinobi Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 Dammit Phil!U shud be getting sum goodies instead!Hope u get it sorted.your ep don't deserve that weird stuff happenin!Peace OutJoz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Simon Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Hi Phil car has done about 65,000 kms so about 40,000 miles. Let me know if you want them mate.Simon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 I'll let you's know a price.@Simon, i'll be lettin u know mate thanks, appreciate it!!Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blue Icarian Wings Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 I'm no car expert but if the caliper is fine, it must something else(yes I know my powers of deduction are incredible), the disc hasn't shifted to one side has?, not got too much brake fulid in the system to make them bulge out, etc? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted April 24, 2006 Author Share Posted April 24, 2006 I honestly dont know dude, there were 2 rally guys and a hill climber all under my car at once and they dont know why its doin it, weird!Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Enzo Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 ive just skimmed over this thred, sounds like bad luck,like graeme said the slidinging pins are notorius for seizing,this also happened in my old sr, new sliding pins are cheap as chips!!hopefully you will get it sorted soon man. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted April 26, 2006 Author Share Posted April 26, 2006 Cheers Geo mate.Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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