Brake Issue Nissan Almera

Phil_GT

had a caliper replaced because it had seized and everytime i broke, worn more of my pad out, i didnt even notice as it wasnt binding bad enough to get hot.

so i had the disks and pads and caliper replaced as it had gone to metal on metal and have the following problem

the disks n pads went on fine

then when the place fitted the caliper.

they wound it back and went to fit but it wouldnt go on, so they used a hammer to get it to go on.

they then attached the bolts to the caliper and pumped the pedal (after bleeding) to get pressure to my brake and topped up the fluid

they said it will smell for a while and then be ok once bedded in

so drove around 20 miles to bed it in and do what i needed to do.

pulled up my brakes look to be on fire!!!!

smoke bellowing out and the new disk is bright yellow

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so took the car back today and they tested it and said it was binding.
(they used a on screen brake measuring program on their mot pc)

they took the caliper back off and pushed the piston back in fully again, and the caliper then went on without having to be hammerd or anything, it simply slipped over the pads.

pumped it again to build pressure up and said try that. and if it happens again you need another caliper.

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still binding slightly though, but now there saying they wanna try changing the flex pipe before trying another caliper is that likely to be causing the problem?

cyclonebri1

A faulty brake hose is plausible as it could expand and hold slight pressure when the brakes are released. But it's much more likely to be the fault in the caliper, you/they already know it was siezed/corroded. As you realise they should not have had to hammer the caliper back on, and to allow it to leave the premises like that is negligent.
It's not their fault the caliper has failed, but I think you should at least express your dissatisfaction at how they allowed you to drive of with the car in that condition, it can and has lead to accidents and fires in other cases.

The hose will cost around a £10r to buy, and considering the state of the caliper it be sensible to change the hose at the same time.

Go and talk to them and get some sort of compromised cost;)

goldspanners

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

A faulty brake hose is plausible as it could expand and hold slight pressure when the brakes are released. But it's much more likely to be the fault in the caliper, you/they already know it was siezed/corroded. As you realise they should not have had to hammer the caliper back on, and to allow it to leave the premises like that is negligent.
It's not their fault the caliper has failed, but I think you should at least express your dissatisfaction at how they allowed you to drive of with the car in that condition, it can and has lead to accidents and fires in other cases.

The hose will cost around a £10r to buy, and considering the state of the caliper it be sensible to change the hose at the same time.

Go and talk to them and get some sort of compromised cost;)

couldnt agree more.:T

Phil_GT

thanks for the reply.

the caliper that was hammer'd on was brand new at a cost of just over 100 quid

left it with them to try the flexi hose.

they had the car 2 days and dint touch or even order the part. when i went to check on the progress they handed me the keys and said come back some other time to get it sorted.

drove 70 miles to check what was going on as 20 min go the discs glowing before and nothing the wheels were stone cold there doesnt actually seem to be a problem

yet they wanted an extra 200 quid (previously paid 350) to solve a problem that wasnt there even though they had bodged the new parts on previously

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edit

tehy wanted 60 out of the 200 for the flexi brake pipe....

goldspanners

Phil_GT wrote: »

thanks for the reply.

the caliper that was hammer'd on was brand new at a cost of just over 100 quid

left it with them to try the flexi hose.

they had the car 2 days and dint touch or even order the part. when i went to check on the progress they handed me the keys and said come back some other time to get it sorted.

drove 70 miles to check what was going on as 20 min go the discs glowing before and nothing the wheels were stone cold there doesnt actually seem to be a problem

yet they wanted an extra 200 quid (previously paid 350) to solve a problem that wasnt there even though they had bodged the new parts on previously

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edit

tehy wanted 60 out of the 200 for the flexi brake pipe....

from what i can make out they are well over priced for very poor workmanship and poor customer service. if the problem persists find a better garage. anew flexi hose should only cost a few quid.

cyclonebri1

goldspanners wrote: »

from what i can make out they are well over priced for very poor workmanship and poor customer service. if the problem persists find a better garage. anew flexi hose should only cost a few quid.

The op has learnt a very valuable, (and very costly one). It comes up time and time again. Find a reliable, trustworthy fair priced garage and stick with them. They do exist, but usually have a stream of customers waiting;)

Seems like the original episode where you ran the car and the brakes expanded has worn enough clearance of the pads to enable them to run freely once everything had cooled down. If the discs were running that hot both they and the pads would have expanded considerably at that time.

The one thing I would add is that it is not unknown for discs to crack or distort when subjected to such high temps:eek: You'd probably feel that as vibration through the wheel so hopefully that isn't the case. Again, find a better garage;)

Phil_GT

thank you very much for your advise on this

i've looked at my disks, they still just look silver and icant feel any vibration from it at all, even took my dad for a drive in it and he said he couldnt hear or feel anything