Caliper Overhaul

[Telf 222 2 Cars]

As part of my on going work on the Pug I'm going to refurb the front and rear calipers.

 

I'm wondering if anybody can give me an idea of the likely cost to do this and availability/ difficulty doing the job

 

Cheers

 

 

Paul

[dcc 855]

Rear calipers are not fun to do. Probably better getting a refurb set!

 

Seal kits were around £15/caliper last time i checked

[Telf 222 2 Cars]

I've been quoted  £500 to do them and paint ... seems excessive to me! What's the issue with the rears?

[Tom Fenton 1,524]

The rears are a c*nt to do, there’s a strong Belleville to compress, there must be some special tool to do it, it can be done without but it’s a faff.

Personally the only trouble I’ve ever had with rear calipers is bust bleed nipples or the dust boot torn. If I was doing it I’d mask up and bead blast the alloy bit, fit a new dust seal and bleed nipple, and have the cast pad carrier blasted and re-plated.

 

Fronts are much easier, the time consuming part is having them re plated really. The rebuild is straightforward. Watch out for the 5-sided cap head bolts holding the calipers halves together!

[Tom Fenton 1,524]

Not the best pic but here are the fronts I did.

 

[Telf 222 2 Cars]

cheers Tom

[farmer 327 1 Cars]

I bought some motorfactorold stock

 

Got some rear offside calipers with carriers for a 205

 

Would sell one if it helps on those ?

 

 

[Alan_M 66 1 Cars]

When I rebuilt my rear calipers on my now defunct 306, I used an old attachment off a valve spring compressor tool. Along with a small G-clamp, the washers compressed nicely.

 

The old Citroen ZX diesel Haynes gives a good guide on rebuilding rear calipers.

[ALEX 98 1 Cars]

Have you tried Biggred?

 

http://www.biggred.co.uk/