Thread: Catastrophic brake failure like I have never seen before

That is highly concerning if the parts were OEM and only 7 months old. I would not be touching this myself and I'd go straight back to the parts supplier for a complete replacement. Could have been a disaster if they'd let go when you really needed to stop on a dime. Following this with interest as I would really like to know the outcome.

Well I guess if a human assembled the caliper than mistakes happen.....brakes is about as bad as you can get with quality control.

Maybe pull it off, clean it up and resemble??

That's highly concerning what Brand were these "O.E.M" Calipers?

Personally something like this would scare me so much I'd replace them with another brand all together, maybe even genuine.

Originally Posted by zwitter

I replaced both front callipers in August last year at rego time new OEM. I remember reading the paperwork "never separate the haves of the calliper, ever"
James

I would be interested to know why the calipers can't be separated. I have overhauled hundreds of the things back in the late seventies and eighties.

The overhaul kits used to even come with the seal to go between the two halves.

The joys of being a pessimist is that I check and double check every visible bolt after a brake job, including the four through bolts. BTW there's nothing difficult about splitting calipers, done it quite a few times. Just make sure you have the correct seals at hand for reassembly.

Although you could just bolt it all up tight, you should take it back to the supplier if only to inform them of the problem. There should be a warrantee on them, so why do and pay for the work when they should?

My question is, since it has dual circuit brakes, why did this lead to total brake failure? This is exactly the sort of fault that having two braking circuits was supposed to save from leading to total brake failure.