PhilM

Hiya folks.

Whats the best way to unseize breaks on a car thats been stood for a bit?.

Rear drums I can take care of I will strip those down and sort out, but the front calipers seem to be seized off, (rears seized on)......

Any ideas? Thanks.

PhilM

PhilM

Someone must have some suggestions?

boost mad

iTrader: (8)

on the rears is it the piston that is siezed or the slider?
ignore that..... drums

vroooom ptssssh

u tit lol, leave handbrake off when parking it up heindsight eh lol


front calipers, well do the front wheels turn freely? jus stand on the brakes and see if u can unstick the pistons on the front, engine running ofcourse

St3V3_C

Don't you mean since the beginning of time?

Sorry mate,

I would try soaking a bit of WD40 into the calipers - but I would expect that you will need new seals, and if they are that bad to not come on, they might be scrap

PhilM

Dont worry about the rears, i know how to sort them (drums), its the front calipers Im not sure where to start with.


Cheers Steve, Simon W (used to own lee's saff) will probably be reconning them for me....as he can do um , but it'd be nice to drive the car there (and since hes a copper, theyd probably be best working to some degree lol)

Stavros

I might have the same problem, tis been a year for me too

They not really rusty or anything tho (tiny bit of course), but whats the chances?

CraigN

they will need to be stripped and rebuilt new seals etc

the pistons will have rust and mank on them ian @ godspeed put mine on a lathe and then used some wet and dry and wd 40 to dremove the grime he shot blasted the actual calliper then put all back together with new rubber seals.

i told you about this

your gonna have to spend money phil lol

PhilM

Dunno really Steve. Mines been a year since they were working (on last engine), and now are seized.

Stavros

Ah feck, more cash

CraigN

would u really want to attempt to drive a car with seized brakes ?

my brakes were spot on on track on saturday and there std but recond

ian charged me Ł70 just get it done

steve i reckon yours will cost a bit more what brakes do u have ?

ECU Monitor Enthusiast

iTrader: (1)

I drove this car yesterday and the brakes were frightening to say the least.

PhilM

Simon, didnt you wonder why i didnt get in the car with you

Stavros

Mine wont cost much really, not calipers anyhow, its the same 4pots used on R33GTSTs, 300ZXs, and S14 200SXs, so pretty common second hand.

The R32GTR disks are different tho and not cheap from what ive seen.

Might be an option to get some kind of Zoo custom brake setup sorted if mine need any real money spending on em as they only 290mm vented+drilled disks (as std) and Nissan 4pots, they not that great.