E30 Zone

Anyone had this problem before? i think my nearside front caliper may be seized, its binding badly and getting rather hot.

i pushed piston back and copper greased everything but when i applied brakes hard again seems to have gone tight again

Hi

If you dont think its the caliper i once had a brake pipe which rotted inside and gave the same symptoms as a siezed caliper, this happened after disturbing it, changed pipe and cleaned cliper out to fix, may help

Darren

Wanted. 15inch BMW alloys for my E30, BBS etc

its maybe the sliding rod side of the caliper thats siezed. if a rubber boots split dirt and water gets in and rusts and stops it sliding.
the caliper can be stripped down and refurbed using a kit thats about £40 for a pair of calipers or refurbed and shiny calipers can be bought exchange from ECP for about £50 per side.

cheers lads. going to price up some hoses and got some calipers offered too.