Rear caliper handbrake overhaul

[VeeDubGTI16v]

the best you can do is as chuff says really. maybe the mechanisms so gunked up its not moving fully. the spring will be rusty as well no doubt

[sidecarphil]

i rebuilt some MR2 rear calipers once

never again they were complete c*&t's and they never really worked well after and they leaked after about 4 months !!!

what you have to do is get the caliper in a vice and work the handbrake lever till the piston is screwed out then clean the piston fit new seals and try to get the piston back in by turning it and pushing

honestly mate just buy a new item 

heres a link for honda rear calipers

http://www.performanceforum.com/wesvann/honda/brakes/rebuild.html

[Ben Lessani]

I don't have anything against MK3/4 calipers - I just don't want to waste money on them and time trying to find them in a scrapyard - when the calipers I have work fine, bar a gummed up handbrake on one side.

Its not inoperable - its just running at 60% of what it should be, I'm sure a little cleanup will free up the mech and get the handbrake working right.

If the hyd. aspect of the caliper wasn't working - I wouldn't bother. But the handbrake mech should be relatively easy to fix.

[VeeDubGTI16v]

bah your just not scene without mk4 caliper

[richard s]

there is a post on here somewhere and it is something along the lines of prize out the handbrake arms rub with wet or dry till rust is gone cover with grease and tap back in

[rubjonny]

if the lever is moving properly then the mech inside the caliper is probably trashed, thanks to someone crushing the life out of the piston in a vice rather than using the correct windback tool.
usually when the mech fails all it does is stick shut, no problem with the force of it just it wont come off on its own

[Ben Lessani]

I've called a few scrappies and no-one has any MK3s, but he says they've got a few SEATs etc. Do any of those calipers fit?

[MarkS]

I've called a few scrappies and no-one has any MK3s, but he says they've got a few SEATs etc. Do any of those calipers fit?

Don't forget mk4s too mate 

[Ben Lessani]

MK4s are a no go - I need to fit them asap and don't have time to wait on braided lines.

[Diamond Hell]

In the time you've wasted mithering about this in your personal life and on this forum you probably could have earned the £60 to buy a replacement caliper.

Better cost:benefit analysis needed, Ben.

G2 calipers are renowned for seizing handbrake mechs.  This is why people are recommending you fit later calipers that don't suffer with this fault.  That is a permanent solution to your problem.

Sometimes it's worth going the extra mile and fitting the upgrade to avoid repeated regular failures caused by the elderly and poor design of the original - in the long run you'll save time, which = saved money.

Man-up and do the job properly.