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Argh unbelievably pissed off right now. Just went out and got a new set of front discs and pads as I've a couple of warped discs at the front.
Things looked a bit suspect as I stripped the O/S caliper down, didn't even have to get a 17mm spanner on the slider to stop it spinning. Upon closer inspection I appear to have forgotten to grease that one when I rebuilt the calipers a couple of years ago and the slider is seized in.
Not normally a problem, but it's that seized that a 17mm socket just rounded it off trying to extract it and numerous blows with a chisel have bent the pin to the point it won't bend back and the caliper won't reassemble.
So now having just spent money on discs and pads I now need a whole new caliper, or at least a carrier if anyone's prepared to split one.
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What are they 266's or did you take the gti setup off the Sundance?
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283's mate. If they were 266's id be off to the scrappies just now.
Can't even get the slider out to reuse the carrier.
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Ahh I got some 266's in the garage you could have had for not much more than postage
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In fact.. anyone know if the slider bolts between the 266's and the 283's are the same?
Wondering if it's worth trying to get the bolt out or just get a new caliper?
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I've got some calipers.
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To be honest if i'm replacing calipers i'm looking at 302mm ones now. Just need to find suitable yokes...
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Too heavy, don't do it...
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So I changed the discs and pads on my gf's car the other day, and didn't grease the sliders when I put them all back together. I'm not gonna have done the same am I?
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If you leave them a couple of years with the shit winters then possibly, if you've had the dust seals off there's the chance they could get wet/dirty and seize. This ones so bad, I have no idea how!
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