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Brake caliper slide pins seized.


herbiemercman

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Hi Guys, I fully serviced my front brake calipers 12 months back, recently i had to remove the front wheel and i noticed that it was badly binding, hard to turn.

I mentioned this to my friend who is a mechanic that helped me to replace my head gasket recently, he said when you serviced the brakes did you clean and grease the slide pins?

I was not aware what these did, once you know it is obvious, they allow the pads to slide on and off the discs.

When i did the strip down i found the pins were completely seized, had to use heat and WD40 to free them off, i polished them up and applied the HT ceramic grease, there are two flats on the pins to retain the grease.

It is hardly surprising that this happened considering i have owned the car for 23 years.

I have done this thread as i am sure there will be other members who were not aware of this sit:cool:uation. Herbie.

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