Technical Rear brake caliper repair 1.9jtd

[numero-uno]

Hi

Has anyone successfully managed to DIY fix a seized rear brake caliper for a 1.9jtd ?

Just taken car for MOT and guy advised it is seized and apparently common fault. Car has done 54k. Had same problem on my Uno turbo mk2. Surely Fiat are not using same parts/design!

If not, can anyone advise cheapest way to fix without going down recon path! £80+ !!

 

[12[X]]

gm first time hear about rear callipers being a problem on a silo - you do have to wind them when pushing back though - if someone has tried to just use pressure when changing your pads - well than you do need to get a new one. If not - try a wind back tool (think you have to go clockwise driver side and anticlockwise passenger side- but check this first: me memory isn’t that good lately). You can get the tool really cheaply from toolmix. Unless i misunderstood your question all together.. you are not talking about the bleed nipple? (also how would it show up on MOT?! Pad not touching? try bleeding first)

 

[Yellow Peril]

12X is right, seized rear brakes are not common on the Stilo. I would suspect someone has fitted new pads incorrectly. Do a search, there are several threads on how to fit pads correctly. This involves not only correctly winding back the piston with the proper tool, but also ensuring the raised pips on the rear of the pads are properly located in recesses in the piston.

 

[minimad99]

Yep, as above.
I'd ask how they know it's seized, have the striped it all down? or just a visual check?
They may be trying to get more work out of you.

 

[NumanR]

A few weeks ago we quoted for rear brake pads on a stilo, later the same day we had a request from a fastfit for both rear calipers for the same car, these were ordered and apparently fitted, a good little con for the fastfit as when we checked them a few hours earlier there was nothing wrong with the calipers.

 

[Multiplewagon]

I will be doing my brakes in the next few weeks, have ordered EBC green stuff pads front and rear and Black Diamond grooved discs front and rear.

That wind back tool will be getting ordered too as well as some caliper paint to make it all look a bobby dazler behind my newly refurbed blades and Dunlop Sport Maxx TT tyres Ive got on the way.

Will have some pics up once I have done it and maybe do some pics of the bits getting swapped over too.

 

[cris1117]

If the rolling road brake test showed a big difference in braking power between left and right rear wheels, and providing the brake pedal isn’t spongy indicating air in the system the assumption would be a seized calliper.
He would have already checked the state of the discs and pads, so not much else it could be.
Good luck

 

[garethnadia]

hi i ran my stilo till there was hardly any brake pad left. the piston had popped all the way out of the caliper and we couldnt wind it back in at all. fiat dealership said i need a new caliper so i ordered one with a parts company i order off. when we stripped the caliper off the car to fit the new one we gave it one last go. we bled all the fluid out of the piston and clamped it in a vice then we tried winding the piston back in but it wouldn't go. i then give it a tap with a hammer and felt it move it then winded back in with no problem. saved me quite a bit of money. the pistons do wind in different directions on each side. hope this helps someone.

 

[john55]

Rusty/ sticking hand brake cables are quite common and cause the same effect.

Seized callipers are quite rare. Mine were both fine when I replaced the pads recently and they have been there for 112K miles. I have had to have 2 new handbrake cables though.

 

[numero-uno]

thanks guys for your replies.

In the end I got them to replace it as they said it was an MOT failure.

£95 for recon part and fitting

I normally change the pads myself , thought get the garage to do as they were doing the MOT.

Learnt me lession.

It is very hard to trust a garage!