what have you done to your car today ?
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Manic172
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Do you have the guys phone number/email? Dont do facebook
I can ask him for you bro! I’ll pm you
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Manic172
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Manic172
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Just drove 260 odd miles to pick up my new spoiler
I might start a new section called." What have you brought for your car today". I keep buying stuff but none of it is fitted yet lol
I might start a new section called." What have you brought for your car today". I keep buying stuff but none of it is fitted yet lol
Weekly maintenance wash then fitted my new mats 
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Separated my shoulder riding BMX a few weeks ago, so haven't been able to drive.
Taken the car on a few runs over the past couple of days and I've got a hard brake pedal and looking at my offside rear disc, it's not clearing the rust, so I'm thinking something is seized.
I'm going to check the fluid tomorrow or sometime to make sure it's not sludgy, but here's the thing - I had that caliper replaced at the start of the year after the car failed its MoT, so I'm really surprised that anything has happened so quickly.
Any thoughts on what I can do before taking it to a garage? Given it's a new caliper, I'm hoping it's a straightforward fix, but am loathe to spend another hundred and fifty pounds on something I replaced in January.
Taken the car on a few runs over the past couple of days and I've got a hard brake pedal and looking at my offside rear disc, it's not clearing the rust, so I'm thinking something is seized.
I'm going to check the fluid tomorrow or sometime to make sure it's not sludgy, but here's the thing - I had that caliper replaced at the start of the year after the car failed its MoT, so I'm really surprised that anything has happened so quickly.
Any thoughts on what I can do before taking it to a garage? Given it's a new caliper, I'm hoping it's a straightforward fix, but am loathe to spend another hundred and fifty pounds on something I replaced in January.
Maybe pads seized on carrier/shims or something stuck in there. Can you jack it up and get wheel off yourself?
The shoulder makes everything slower, but I reckon I can get in to take a look.
I did actually take the wheel off a few weeks back to replace the disc retention screws and am now wondering if I messed up - but given the other wheels are alright, I don't know.
What do you reckon - just take things apart as though I'm replacing the pads?
Manic172
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Strip pads and clean and re aply copper slip. Clean carriers and shims. And wind back the caliper and listen for any crunching and look out for splits on the rubber around the piston. Cast your eye from the calliper right over the brake lines looking for corrotion or bulges. Then pump down peddle a few times before putting the fluid res cap back on. Hope this helps
Manic172
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Went for blue. . The car is going be be ford stealth grey.. with black wheels etc. But hoses. Harnesses calipers and tow straps are going to be blue
I'm not sure what your going to make with that... but the blue stuff looks like antifreeze!
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