Plate Lift

[zcacogp]

I can understand the near side of cars getting rustier than the off side, as the gutter side will get more stonechips and probably more salt washed over it as well. One new rear caliper is an interesting explanation. I wonder if front calipers suffer less plate lift as they get hotter (they work harder) and hence stay drier? Oli.

 

[edh]

I have loads of invoices for the car going back over its 234k miles - there are quite a few for attention to plate lift, so maybe the fronts had been done more recently than the rears?

 

[Paul190H]

Interesting as my two fronts and NS rear were really bad but the offside rear was pretty minimal! Even the plate screws cam out comparatively easily!!

ORIGINAL: 944 man This is a spare set and Im not sure whether to leave them as-is and store them as spares or whether to advertise them for sale. The PL is minimal on three of the calipers but severe on the remaining rear. Im now split between refurbing all four (unlikely) or keeping hold of them knowing that the fronts can be used as spares if the need arises.

 

[pauljmcnulty]

I can understand the near side of cars getting rustier than the off side, as the gutter side will get more stonechips and probably more salt washed over it as well.

Indeed. The NS sill gets all the crud from the gutter, the OS gets all the clean water from the crown of the road. Hence my NS wing needing two repairs when the OS was fine. Back on subject, I learnt to my cost that leaving the calipers to get worse increases the costs exponentionally. If they need fixing, then fix them; bodging it only postpones the inevitable and runs the risk of greater cost. Just the cost of the welding to get my stuck bolts out was more than Oli's estimate of a complete DIY refurb if you catch it early.....

 

[944 man]

ORIGINAL: zcacogp

ORIGINAL: 944 man The PL is minimal on three of the calipers but severe on the remaining rear.

This sounds like an odd situation - are they all from the same car? Any idea how this arose? You'd expect plate lift to be similar on all the calipers on one car, or at least similar on an axle (or on a side, perhaps). To have one grossly different from the other three sounds odd. Oli.

Explanation: new style caliper fitted to my car and the three remaining have minor plate lift. The caliper removed from my car was on its arse!

 

[zcacogp]

ORIGINAL: 944 man Explanation: new style caliper fitted to my car and the three remaining have minor plate lift. The caliper removed from my car was on its arse!

Helpful - thanks! Oli.

 

[944 man]

That wasnt actually that clear, was it? Of the four calipers that I bought off Ed, one was fitted to my car and the other three are as-purchased. They have relatively mild plate-lift and the caliper that was removed from my Turbo has severe plate-lift.

 

[os951]

ORIGINAL: edh Are these the ones you got from me? I can vouch for Olli's work - a set of his refurbed calipers were stopping me very well at Cadwell today

from pictures i posted here, Your calipers are the black ones []

 

[944 man]

Olli, what sort of price am I looking at to refurb a car set of Brembo calipers, please? The are suffering from extremely mild plate lift and one would need the pads relieveing slightly in order to fit.