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front brake calipers seized
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:53 pm
by SASS
Anyone know what sort of $$$$$ I'm looking at for a new set of 4 pot front brake callipers for an 89 live axle SR5 hilux?
My front drivers side has seized and i cant get the last pot out so there stuffed!
Re: front brake calipers seized
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:21 pm
by GQ4.8coilcab
SASS wrote:Anyone know what sort of $$$$$ I'm looking at for a new set of 4 pot front brake callipers for an 89 live axle SR5 hilux?
My front drivers side has seized and i cant get the last pot out so there stuffed!
its called preventative maintenance
thats pretty rooted
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:16 pm
by dow50r
undo the bolts that hold the halves together, and put the piston end in the vice jaws, and twist and hammer...worst u can do is stuff the piston....it will come out
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:47 am
by Sic Lux
chaces are by the time you clean it up it willl be to small to seal on the O-ring just get a 2nd hand one from wreackers or get some recoed ones through repco or in brisbane there is a company that does reco brake stuff for us at work BHSS there normaly good on price
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:18 pm
by SASS
thanks fellas
got a few prices around $240 new (toyota wanted $560 for 1 calliper!!!!)
went to wreckers and got a good second hand one for $70, cleaned it up this arvo and installing tomorrw!!!!!
Cheers SASS
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:59 pm
by Shadow
holy crap
your brakes would have been working tops!
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:53 pm
by SASS
yep brakes worked well!!!!
Push the brake and the truck did a hard left, good fun at speed!!!!
I just put a supra 7mge motor in her so all the sitting around it did for 6 months didnt help!!!!