smegForBrains
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Hi All,
First post. Be gentle. I'm not a Fiat owner but I've had my cousins 1.2 Stilo Hatch out the back for over a week now.
We replaced the rear sub frame bushings on it last weekend. Holy crap. What a job !
Anyway, in the process of changing the rear pads I smahed a rear caliper. Popped it into a 30 tonne press to try to push the piston back in.
I'm sure that will produce a few giggles among you. You can guess what happened. Suffice it to say that the caliper was in no fit state to go back onto the vehicle (I still haven't found some of it).
Got a set of refurbs that were nicely wound in and everything is back on now.
What I found after a good bleed etc is that the handbrake had to be adjusted a huge amount. Even now it won't hold the car.
Also, and more importantly, although the brake action was very strong after we replaced the calipers and pads, the brakes became very soft over the course of a 1 hour journey.
I'm worried that we have done something wrong. It all looks fine.
I've done quite a bit of reading on here and haven't found anything that exactly matches my problem. Please help.
Does anybody out there have experience of the brakes going soft over a short time after this type of work being done? My cousin is going to bleed again today but I suspect that this won't resolve anything.
I read on here that the rears are self adjusting. I don't understand how the pistons can turn over time if that little nipple on the back of the pad is positioned inside the groove on the piston??
Also, we have an ABS failure warning light on the dash. All connections have been made so I'm a bit worried about that too.
All help much appreciated.
Regards,
EDIT: I'm thinking that the best approach at this stage would be to take it to a Fiat dealer but I would really like to know what went wrong. Cheers.
First post. Be gentle. I'm not a Fiat owner but I've had my cousins 1.2 Stilo Hatch out the back for over a week now.
We replaced the rear sub frame bushings on it last weekend. Holy crap. What a job !
Anyway, in the process of changing the rear pads I smahed a rear caliper. Popped it into a 30 tonne press to try to push the piston back in.
I'm sure that will produce a few giggles among you. You can guess what happened. Suffice it to say that the caliper was in no fit state to go back onto the vehicle (I still haven't found some of it).
Got a set of refurbs that were nicely wound in and everything is back on now.
What I found after a good bleed etc is that the handbrake had to be adjusted a huge amount. Even now it won't hold the car.
Also, and more importantly, although the brake action was very strong after we replaced the calipers and pads, the brakes became very soft over the course of a 1 hour journey.
I'm worried that we have done something wrong. It all looks fine.
I've done quite a bit of reading on here and haven't found anything that exactly matches my problem. Please help.
Does anybody out there have experience of the brakes going soft over a short time after this type of work being done? My cousin is going to bleed again today but I suspect that this won't resolve anything.
I read on here that the rears are self adjusting. I don't understand how the pistons can turn over time if that little nipple on the back of the pad is positioned inside the groove on the piston??
Also, we have an ABS failure warning light on the dash. All connections have been made so I'm a bit worried about that too.
All help much appreciated.
Regards,
EDIT: I'm thinking that the best approach at this stage would be to take it to a Fiat dealer but I would really like to know what went wrong. Cheers.
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