I've mentioned to a few that the black car has a bit of an end swapping tendancy when braking hard
Since I rebuilt the rear calipers a year ago I've always known where the problem is - the 15 year old fronts have seized I figured.
Well I was right
Very right
On the left is an old but usable piston from the rear caliper. On the right is an absolutely shagged one as eventually removed from the front caliper. Visual inspection showed a failed dust seal allowing extensive rusting. The piston was very seized in the caliper...
In fact the piston was sooo seized it looked like this after hours of struggling to get it out. Eventually I managed to flatten it enough with mole grips to hammer a gurtmongous 1 1/4" Whitworth over it and with plenty of heat it eventually started to rotate. It took me most of the morning to get this [expletive deleted
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Interestingly both inner pistons showed signs of failure while both outers where "fine"
The worst bit is I know I've got the same thing to come on t'other side as while there is a bowel trembling tendancy for the car to swap ends under brakes it stops in a striaght line prior to the arrival of the main event
I should have binned the calipers and bought new Budwegs to avoid the hassle but I already have a seal kit and pistons are only £10 + a cocktail from Mr T....and I'm a cheapskate
Oh well..... once more unto the breach
Slightly off topic, I was most suprised that I can get genuine Mr T calipers brand new for only 210. I thought there'd be many more 0 than that involved
Once that was all fixed I couldn't believe how much better the acceleration was!
