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HELP - MOT

devil84

devil84

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Hi guys,

I was wondering whether you can help. My car failed the MOT yesterday due to "offside and nearside (brake) cable having restricted free movement"

I went this to get this diagnosted, and the (independent) garage advised me that the caliper arm is not resting where it should when the handbrake is down, due to not being enough movement in the cable. He also mentioned that one side was worse than the other and this resulted in one of the brake discs being much hotter than the other.
Here is the arm that they were referring to:

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So they tried to unslacken the handbrake nut by rear centre console to see if makes any difference, made a little difference but not much, as now the handbrake cable goes to about 9-10 clicks - which is a bit much. They suggested that I get a new set of calipers..... is this right? is this the most cost effective method now.

So what the next course of action? Buy a rear set of calipers? or go TGM/garage to diagnose issue first ie see if rewinding the pistion and investigating the caliper first before forking out on a pair of rear calipers?

Thoughts anyone, would really appreciate any advice. Member in need of help.
 
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there are plenty of places out there that will recon your caliper, you garage should know of somewhere local for you, this will be far cheaper than a new set of calipers
 
Is it easy to recondition the calipers? Ie can my mate who is handy with tools do it or does it needspecialist equipment from a garage?

Sorry, bit of a noob in this area.
 
im not 100% sure, theres a guy on my street that works for a company that does them, i believe they strip them down, put them in some form of acid bath, then re coat them and replace all seals and pistons, i personaly wouldnt want to have ago myself and i would concider myself to be fairly mechanicly minded due to working with cars all day. i think it would be best to leave a job like this to the pros. you can buy a set all ready re conded and you get a little bit of money back for exchanging your old ones in with them when youve removed them
 
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