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Title: Rear brake caliper leaking fluid?
Post by: Xtrhardcore on 03 May 2012, 13:49

Rear brake caliper is leaking and I mean like mad, is it likely to be a cylinder or is the caliper nakered?

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Title: Re: Rear brake caliper leaking fluid?
Post by: cullygti on 03 May 2012, 13:50

bloody hell mate you having some problems today

Title: Re: Rear brake caliper leaking fluid?
Post by: stfc_gti on 03 May 2012, 13:54

doesnt this relate to the thread you opened earlier?

Title: Re: Rear brake caliper leaking fluid?
Post by: richw911 on 03 May 2012, 13:57

Could just be a flexi pipe you wont know until you look at it with the wheel off  :smiley:

Title: Re: Rear brake caliper leaking fluid?
Post by: Xtrhardcore on 03 May 2012, 13:59

Not my day guys :(!!

Title: Re: Rear brake caliper leaking fluid?
Post by: Xtrhardcore on 03 May 2012, 13:59

And yeah must e why the warning light is on Christ sake!

Title: Re: Rear brake caliper leaking fluid?
Post by: mcgee9t2 on 03 May 2012, 15:48

could be what i had, the screw type thing holding the break line on had come loose so was leaking break fluid.

Title: Re: Rear brake caliper leaking fluid?
Post by: rockmonkey69 on 03 May 2012, 15:51

More than likely there is a washer missing from the banjo bolt or it's worn - they crush when tightened to seal and should ideally be replaced for an optimum seal. It's hard to say without seeing or knowing where it's leaking from or whether it had been removed or had anything in the area serviced that would require the removal of the line of the caliper itself.

Title: Re: Rear brake caliper leaking fluid?
Post by: jamie1989 on 03 May 2012, 16:10

This happened to me but I replaced the washer with a new copper washer and solved my problem  :smiley:

Lucky I guess but it depends whats leaking on the caliper as to what you can do.

It could be a split brake line pipe, it could possibly be the piston seal maybe??
Whip the wheel off and give it a good check over  :cool:

Title: Re: Rear brake caliper leaking fluid?
Post by: gm8 on 03 May 2012, 18:51

Quote from: jamie1989 on 03 May 2012, 16:10

This happened to me but I replaced the washer with a new copper washer and solved my problem  :smiley:

Lucky I guess but it depends whats leaking on the caliper as to what you can do.

It could be a split brake line pipe, it could possibly be the piston seal maybe??
Whip the wheel off and give it a good check over  :cool:

same as me . You can get copper washers in halfords , takes 10 mins to sort but you will need to re-bleed.