Sidfifeyorks
Member Since: 30 Oct 2016
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 9
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Hi all looking for a few pointers. Just got home from a trip round town to find 1 rear disk is glowing red. Any thoughts as to causes? I was thinking a fault on the handbrake actuator.
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 2nd Mar 2017 10:11 pm |
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galwaygreen
Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
Posts: 6525
 
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seized caliper perhaps
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| 2nd Mar 2017 10:18 pm |
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Lord_unsub
Member Since: 06 May 2016
Location: Castle Cary, Somerset
Posts: 60
 
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I've just had to unstick my rear left calliper. It had glazed the pads and badly warped the disc.
I checked behind the rubber boot on the piston, to find light surface corrosion which had been caused by water and dirt getting through a small hole in the rubber boot. Luckily I had a set of rear discs/pads waiting in the garage.
I then spent 30mins with a sturdy rag covered in brake fluid polishing it back to a serviceable state, fixed the hole in the boot and exercised it with the rewind tool. I did this mostly because all my spare cash goes in the tank...  however a certain auction site does the replacement piston for around £15 or you can get the whole sherbang for about £40. Also while it's in bits, test, adjust and lube your EPB.
See the wiki on here for Bodsys brake bible. Invaluable literature 
Good luck So far - 4X4 Info~3 Flash Indicators~2 Video inputs~Bluetooth Music~Dr-T~Fridge~Phone Update~SatNav on the move~Clock on Dash~Black in and out~Window Tints
To Do - LED lights in and out~Black wheels (maybe 18's?)~new grille and and rear lights
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| 2nd Mar 2017 10:58 pm |
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