Calliper Question

sarah88

I have a 2005 Honda Civic with a seized calliper which has been giving trouble lately. A rang a local garage who advised me over the phone that even though only one of the callipers are faulty, it is best to change both rear callipers and pads. Can any one tell me if this is standard practice? I questioned him on this but he states that he could fit just one however it would not pass an NCT?

Any advice would be much appreciated

S

colm_mcm

Seems a bit excessive tbh.
Pads fair enough.

Cleaning the caliper might be an option too.

mickdw

Well the dodgy caliper will have destroyed the pads on that side probably so you are looking at pads on both sides certainly. If the other caliper is in perfect condition, I dont see why you would change it.
If its showing any signs of sticking, I would change it but the phone diagnosis doesnt sound great. Best to bring it to someone who will look at it first then diagnose what is needed.

sarah88

@colm_mcm have already taken the calliper apart and cleaned with fresh pads less then 5 months ago so it seems to be a recurring problem with the same one.

@mickdw I agree I was'nt impressed with the phone diagnosis myself

I drove from waterford to Cork this morning and it has completely seized now, seems like the breaks pads are stuck on. Any ideas of quick easy fixes until I get to a garage in Waterford on friday. I've tried pumping the breaks hard to try an unstick it but no luck.

colm_mcm

No easy fix tbh.

Try motor factors for remanufactured caliper, think its blueprint that do them. Got one for a mazda before and it was 100%.
Way cheaper than going to honda

biko

I would say that changing both is not common practice.
Yeah, you may have to get another if it keeps acting up.

Note, I had a similar issue and it turned out to be the pads themselves not moving freely in the calliper. I filed them down a bit and hey presto, no problems.

sarah88

biko wrote: »

I would say that changing both is not common practice.
Yeah, you may have to get another if it keeps acting up.

Note, I had a similar issue and it turned out to be the pads themselves not moving freely in the calliper. I filed them down a bit and hey presto, no problems.

Great to get another opinion, thanks, now to find a garage that won't try rip me off again!

visual

Even if you do free up caliper it will most likely stick again once you use the brakes.

While its possible you will get away with replacing one caliper your better off replacing both as the other caliper has had the same wear and abuse and will be in similar condision.

Pads come in a set for both wheels so makes sense to fit and not end up with a brake imbalance.

sarah88

colm_mcm wrote: »

No easy fix tbh.

Try motor factors for remanufactured caliper, think its blueprint that do them. Got one for a mazda before and it was 100%.
Way cheaper than going to honda

Great thanks will check them out. Have tried a couple of places online but none seem to stock the rear calliper only front

sarah88

visual wrote: »

Even if you do free up caliper it will most likely stick again once you use the brakes.

While its possible you will get away with replacing one caliper your better off replacing both as the other caliper has had the same wear and abuse and will be in similar condision.

Pads come in a set for both wheels so makes sense to fit and not end up with a brake imbalance.

Ok so that the logic the mechanic was probably working from