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stonking

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Hi All. Does anyone know why the front brake calipers on the 8th Gen are so much more expensive than on the 7th Gen? Does anyone know where I can get a pair at a reasonable cost? I changed my rear calipers for about £50 each as the old ones were very stiff and at £50 I decided the kits did not make sense but at £130 per caliper for the fronts, well that is just crazy.

Thanks, Grump over (but could come back any time)
 
Have you tried taking them apart and cleaning/freeing off the stiff parts ?

On the Tourer, pushing back the piston relatively quickly into its cavity stopped the binding, it hasn't returned.
 
The car is 12 years old and has done 230k miles. I think it deserves new. Also the bleed nipples are rusted quite badly and I am afraid if I force them, they will break off..
 
stonking said:
The car is 12 years old and has done 230k miles. I think it deserves new. Also the bleed nipples are rusted quite badly and I am afraid if I force them, they will break off..
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Just like mine, hence the reason for trying out alternative fixes.
On other vehicles, I found additional issues to resolve once I cracked open banjo bolts.
 
stonking said:
The car is 12 years old and has done 230k miles. I think it deserves new. Also the bleed nipples are rusted quite badly and I am afraid if I force them, they will break off..
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You could easily source a decent second hand set but refurbishing them is a perfectly reasonable thing to do no matter how old as you're going to be replacing the bits that that really need replacing with a kit. As mentioned previously I dare say taking them apart and removing the corrosion would do it as they are only slightly binding but trust me when I say my calipers were probably the most badly corroded ever seen so much so I broke the nipple in one. The bleed nipples were so corroded they were hardly recognisable so lesson learned I found out the trick is to heat the nipple to cherry (if possible) and quench it rapidly , do this two or three times and the rapid expansion and cooling will crack the corrosion it'll unscrew almost guaranteed no matter what the condition. I had so much delaminated rust on the surface of my calipers I was knocking off 5-8mm at a time with a chipping hammer to reach a good metal but they are perfectly serviceable now.
 
I wondered that as well because, well do not seem to push against anything that moves.
 
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