leaky caliper
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Thought lovely day yesterday that I would wash and polish the car. Got the to front drivers wheel and have been noticing some fluid on the rims. Went to wash it and noticed the fluid had taken the protective layer off the rim, meaning brake fluid.

So investigating further noticed that there was a puddle of fluid further where I parked my car, then looked more and noticed it was coming from the caliper on one of the pistons. Does this mean the seals are stuffed and can you rebuild the standard calipers?

What I dont want to have to do is drain the system down as I gotta replace the servo unit anyways for a yellow tag master cyclinder so hoping I can do this in one go but if it's truely shot might have the change the calipers for some 4 pods?

Cheers
Quinton

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sounds like the seals will be pumped; check the condition of the pistons too- these can rust leading to seal failure.

You might be able to get away with only bleeding that corner if you clamp the hose but it will depend on how well the caliper winds back on again i.e. twisting of the hose.

Problem I got is it's goodrich hoses so cant clamp them easy.

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Stuff some plastercine in the end? And raise them up as high as you can?

1/4 Mile 14.3secs 96Mph Terminal 10psi of boost.


Fibreglass Parts? - http://www.tdkracing.co.uk/
Split Rims? - http://www.force-racing.co.uk/

righty cheers for that

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