So I'm pretty certain I have sticking calipers.
Symptoms are are:
1. Wheel wobble that seems to get worse over length of drive (but goes away at certain speeds. Very misleading as feels just like balancing/tyre/rim issue. I'm pretty certain I can rule out wheel issues as when swapping between my recently balanced 17's and 18's the wobble is still there but much less on the 17's, probably because of rim width and offset?)
2. Temp readings with infrared reader - the right side on both front and rear are about 10c higher than the left side (after a 5 mile motorway run from cold and not using the brakes at all).
3. Physical effort to turn wheel - had the fronts off and the left side disc spins nicely but the right side doesn't spin freely.
It's the last symptoms that I think definitively diagnoses the calipers.
About time too at 116k miles.
I'm thinking best to get all 4 done.
So looking at refurb/replacement options.
I see ECP sell Pagid calipers for £56 each for fronts - seems a good deal?
However £110 each for rears!
Pagid have a good name for pads, should be good calipers too?
http://www.eurocarparts.com/mobile/brake-caliper
Any other places with good prices?
Refurb is of course an option and these guys http://www.brakecaliperspecialists.uk
start at £45 a caliper for full rebuild with warranty (satin finish) to around £75 each for a high gloss finish.
2-4yr warranty depending on which paint option you do.
I'll take this to my local garage as not up for bleeding brakes and will have a full fluid replacement at the same time (it has fresh fluid this year but maybe it got a bit cooked?).
Any recommendations for fluid?
I've got braided lines and EBC yellow stuff pads, OEM equivalent discs from Brembo, both about 3k miles ago).
Symptoms are are:
1. Wheel wobble that seems to get worse over length of drive (but goes away at certain speeds. Very misleading as feels just like balancing/tyre/rim issue. I'm pretty certain I can rule out wheel issues as when swapping between my recently balanced 17's and 18's the wobble is still there but much less on the 17's, probably because of rim width and offset?)
2. Temp readings with infrared reader - the right side on both front and rear are about 10c higher than the left side (after a 5 mile motorway run from cold and not using the brakes at all).
3. Physical effort to turn wheel - had the fronts off and the left side disc spins nicely but the right side doesn't spin freely.
It's the last symptoms that I think definitively diagnoses the calipers.
About time too at 116k miles.
I'm thinking best to get all 4 done.
So looking at refurb/replacement options.
I see ECP sell Pagid calipers for £56 each for fronts - seems a good deal?
However £110 each for rears!
Pagid have a good name for pads, should be good calipers too?
http://www.eurocarparts.com/mobile/brake-caliper
Any other places with good prices?
Refurb is of course an option and these guys http://www.brakecaliperspecialists.uk
start at £45 a caliper for full rebuild with warranty (satin finish) to around £75 each for a high gloss finish.
2-4yr warranty depending on which paint option you do.
I'll take this to my local garage as not up for bleeding brakes and will have a full fluid replacement at the same time (it has fresh fluid this year but maybe it got a bit cooked?).
Any recommendations for fluid?
I've got braided lines and EBC yellow stuff pads, OEM equivalent discs from Brembo, both about 3k miles ago).
