Seized Caliper

[Darren25]

Hi all,

I've been hearing a whining noise the last few days which I thought was a wheel bearing so jacked the car up yesterday and spun the wheels. When I got to the drivers side front the wheel wouldn't spin freely! I took the wheel off and noticed that the back of the disc had a massive ridge and the front was fine.

Does this sound like a seized caliper?

If it is, where is the best place to get a new caliper? I'll also need new discs and pads so where is the best place to get brembo hc's from? And what pads to go for? I don't track the car so don't need DS2500's but just something thats better than the OEM pads.

Cheers!

 

[adam1942]

have you taken the pads out to ensure there's nothing stuck in there?

 

[Darren25]

Not yet, I ran out of time yesterday.

I'm going to have a look in a bit.

 

[MartinR]

g172 trader on here for brembo discs

 

[Darren25]

Right, seems like it was just the slider that was stuck. I've greased it up etc and it seems fine now.

I'll speak to g172 about the discs and I need to decide which pads to get. Any recommendations?

 

[MartinR]

Right, seems like it was just the slider that was stuck. I've greased it up etc and it seems fine now.

I'll speak to g172 about the discs and I need to decide which pads to get. Any recommendations?

i'am using brembo pads with the brembo discs and find them very good for road use

 

[Darren25]

I've asked him for a price on the brembo pads. I was gonna go with yellowstuff pads but don't see the point when I'm only using them on the road.