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Post by **rob quilter** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:46 pm

Lmao

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:10 pm

Sounds daft, but wait for it to do it again before you go replacing/refurbing it. I know a seizing rear caliper is a common thing on a lude, but I've had it happen once on a lude and once on the Aerodeck (front on the Aerodeck) and I mean that it only happened once.

On the lude it happened on a 5 mile journey to work. It was smoking when I got to work. I left it for 8 hours whilst I was at work and that was that... It never happened again.

On the Aerodeck, it was on the way back from Japfest last year. I could feel the front passenger side pulling me to the side of the road on the dual carriage way. So I pulled into the next services and gave the caliper a good old tap or ten with the nut wrench. It unseized it and again it's never done it since.

... Touch wood

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:20 pm

Nothing says unsiezed calipers like

littlefeller · Post by **littlefeller** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:30 am

my mrs once drove her tyres through the steel bands inside, and somehow it was my fault, apparently i should have noticed, then on another occasion i drove her car (then a ford ka) and noticed under exel the car pulls to the side, infact so badly that when i took my foot off the pedal to slow for a roundabout i nearly ended up in a ditch.
me - how long has it been like this.
her- like what.
me- it drives all over the place.
her- oh that, been like it for ages, its getting worse though.
me-

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:24 am

I had a seized rear caliper which prevented me from getting an MOT, so I took it off, wound the piston out, took some emery cloth to it and then wound it in and out a few times with a pair of water pump pliers to free it up, bolted it back together and got an MOT.

Obviously that's just a temporary fix, but it will stop your rear wheel spontaneously combusting at a petrol station... as that's never a good look

Post by **fweakyg** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 6:46 pm

Thx peeps....

Thought I was gonna have 2 pages of useful information, but instead got a page and a half of man-bitching about the GF lool .....

Right well plan then !!!...

Try to drive it again see if its still stuck .... If its still stuck, then whack it a few times with a brace, then take it off and try and unstick it with KY Jelly then last result go get another one !!!

Anyone got a Jack and KY I can borrow ??? lol

Post by **Gayno** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:06 pm

You do realise the ky jelly was a joke right?!

Post by **rob quilter** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:09 pm

Gayno wrote:You do realise the ky jelly was a joke right?!

Post by **fweakyg** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:52 pm

Gayno wrote:You do realise the ky jelly was a joke right?!

Dduddeee ..... Seriously ..... Im offended that you even posted that !

Post by **Gayno** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:54 pm

Tbh I'm more surprised that you don't actually have any of your own