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womble

Member Since: 27 Jan 2012
Location: south east
Posts: 272

calipers

has anyone fitted bearmach front brake calipers to a 110?how long ago and did you have any problems with fitting them or in use?just been looking at prices and they are a lot cheaper but it's brakes and not worth it if they are nowhere near as good.advice please

14th Jul 2012 2:11pm

wslr

Member Since: 18 Jul 2010
Location: Wellington, Somerset
Posts: 581

Find out if the part is OEM. That will give you an idea of how good the quality is. IIRC, Bearmach tend to put an 'R' at the end of the part number if it is a replacement (i.e. not OEM) or a 'G' at the end if it is OEM quality.

Normally, the Bearmach stuff is pretty good.

Andrew at Defenderbits tends to carefully check quality from Allmakes and Bearmach, so it may be worth calling him. Credit to him, he only sells stuff that works.

14th Jul 2012 5:38pm

bpman

Member Since: 21 May 2008
Location: Oslo
Posts: 8069

2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black

Be really carefull with brakes, a few years ago, an enthusiast fixed his brakes and ended up in a river with really dire consequences - use genuine parts they could save your life

14th Jul 2012 6:49pm

The Boy

Member Since: 28 Aug 2008
Location: East Northants
Posts: 1459

2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Rimini Red

Or strip, fit new seals and stainless steel pistons (about £100 ish for a complete set) and reassemble

Boy

14th Jul 2012 8:57pm

diesel_jim

Member Since: 13 Oct 2008
Location: hiding
Posts: 6170

bpman wrote:
Be really carefull with brakes, a few years ago, an enthusiast fixed his brakes and ended up in a river with really dire consequences - use genuine parts they could save your life

Amongst other things, he had different calipers on each side I think.

14th Jul 2012 9:48pm

womble

Member Since: 27 Jan 2012
Location: south east
Posts: 272

thanks people.going to croatia in the 110 next month and probably towing a horsebox(without livestock i must add)just furniture and calipers are playing up a bit .think i will go down the top quality route.thanks again.i love this forum ......always sound advice

14th Jul 2012 10:04pm

JSG

Member Since: 12 Jul 2007
Location: Berkshire
Posts: 2412

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey

diesel_jim wrote:
bpman wrote:
Be really carefull with brakes, a few years ago, an enthusiast fixed his brakes and ended up in a river with really dire consequences - use genuine parts they could save your life

Amongst other things, he had different calipers on each side I think.

Correct, plus some 'home brewed' suspension mods with suspect welding IIRC. John

http://www.hampshire4x4response.co.uk

2011 Tdci 110 CSW XS

16th Jul 2012 9:20am

Caterham

Member Since: 06 Nov 2008
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 6328

wslr wrote:
Find out if the part is OEM. That will give you an idea of how good the quality is. IIRC, Bearmach tend to put an 'R' at the end of the part number if it is a replacement (i.e. not OEM) or a 'G' at the end if it is OEM quality.

Normally, the Bearmach stuff is pretty good.

Andrew at Defenderbits tends to carefully check quality from Allmakes and Bearmach, so it may be worth calling him. Credit to him, he only sells stuff that works.

! I've got some bearmach ones ending in R. I'd like em to work when needed - should I fit em or not?

26th Mar 2016 4:07pm

Thon

Member Since: 22 Nov 2015
Location: Salisbury Plain
Posts: 696

The Boy wrote:
Or strip, fit new seals and stainless steel pistons (about £100 ish for a complete set) and reassemble

Boy

LAst Thursday I ordered a set of SS replacements from Zeus Engineering for my 2007 110 and they were just over £60 for the set of 12, which I thought was very good value.

I'm going to use genuine seals though as I heard OEM or pattern can be a bit variable. They no longer seem to show these on the Zeus website, although they do show all of the braking conversions they produce for older leaf-sprung trucks. My calipers are original but with low mileage the pistons have been exposed to the elements too long and are unrecoverable.

26th Mar 2016 4:16pm

Fatboy Slim

Member Since: 04 Feb 2008
Location: Bridgend
Posts: 1006

Caterham wrote:
wslr wrote:
Find out if the part is OEM. That will give you an idea of how good the quality is. IIRC, Bearmach tend to put an 'R' at the end of the part number if it is a replacement (i.e. not OEM) or a 'G' at the end if it is OEM quality.

Normally, the Bearmach stuff is pretty good.

Andrew at Defenderbits tends to carefully check quality from Allmakes and Bearmach, so it may be worth calling him. Credit to him, he only sells stuff that works.

! I've got some bearmach ones ending in R. I'd like em to work when needed - should I fit em or not?

They'll be absolutely fine. Sell them to me if you don't want them

26th Mar 2016 5:58pm

Caterham

Member Since: 06 Nov 2008
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 6328

Cool. Just need th weather to cheer up then figure out how to fit em?

26th Mar 2016 6:46pm

Fatboy Slim

Member Since: 04 Feb 2008
Location: Bridgend
Posts: 1006

Two bolts and one pipe. Dab of loctite on the mounting bolts when you fit the new ones. Pads in and bleed up. Personally I'd pop the pistons out and change them for stainless but each to their own.

26th Mar 2016 8:09pm

Caterham

Member Since: 06 Nov 2008
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 6328

Agreed. I fancy refurbing the old calipers with ss pistons and perhaps a coat of paint?

26th Mar 2016 9:07pm

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