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jst



Member Since: 14 Jan 2008
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replacing brake calipers
do i go OEM (Delphi) calipers or Britpart. the former being twice the price?

surely calipers are made to a certain std?

i have had quite good experience with the cheaper caliprs (circ £35) in the past 5years on and still good,. these were all Bearmach. my supplier has now gone to Britpart hence the question.

one thought is two sets of Britpart ones would be 10years use and i prob wont be able to afford fossil fuels by then to put in it anyway.... Cheers

James
110 XS Utility
130 Puma Station wagon/camper (in the making)
90 Puma Hardtop
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Roy5695



Member Since: 15 Feb 2014
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I just opted for a set of stainless pistons and new genuine seals. Nothing wrong with the actual Calipers on mine though. Just a couple sticky pistons. Mr. Green 2011 Defender DCPU 2.2 - https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic30623.html

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Roy
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geobloke



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Re: replacing brake calipers
jst wrote:
do i go OEM (Delphi) calipers or Britpart. the former being twice the price?

surely calipers are made to a certain std?

i have had quite good experience with the cheaper caliprs (circ £35) in the past 5years on and still good,. these were all Bearmach. my supplier has now gone to Britpart hence the question.

one thought is two sets of Britpart ones would be 10years use and i prob wont be able to afford fossil fuels by then to put in it anyway....


From what I was led to believe (by my local parts shop) the majority of "new" brake callipers for Defenders and pre-Disco 3 are in fact reconditioned items so I expect you will be just fine with Britpart callipers.

Take the above as you like, but I have had Britpart callipers on Miffy for four years now and they are still A-OK. Had Britpart drilled and grooved discs on for a good three years as well. All good and Miffy is a heavy beast with her cage on so they get a good workout.

Never had a problem with any Britpart item. Now Bearmach on the other hand, eeeshk does the TD5 in tank pump make a lot of noise... Straight out of the box too... Should have gone with a VDO item... Rolling Eyes
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Dave T



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Roy5695 wrote:
I just opted for a set of stainless pistons and new genuine seals. Nothing wrong with the actual Calipers on mine though. Just a couple sticky pistons. Mr. Green


I also did that, was amazed how easy it was and still going strong 2015 RRS Autobiography SDV6
1994 Def 90 300tdi
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Mdm



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come on why would you.......

ill send you some bearmach ones 3yr warranty. fitted plenty and only had 1 faulty set(seals leaked from 1st fit) they just replaced them.

oe ones i think have a better / firmer pedal feel sometimes
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jst



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Food for thought, Thank you all. Cheers

James
110 XS Utility
130 Puma Station wagon/camper (in the making)
90 Puma Hardtop
Post #767932 9th Apr 2019 11:01pm
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blackwolf



Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
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I really cannot think of any circumstances under which I would consider fitting Britpart calipers to any vehicle of mine.

I accept that many people have good experiences with the brand, I have not, and I do not recall ever having bought a Britpart component which was wholly satisfactory, and some components have been entirely useless (for example hub nut which don't fit the stub axle). I have had unsatisfactory parts from other suppliers, but no other source has managed to supply such a high proportion of duds.

As for a safety-critical part, or a part critical to the reliability of the vehicle, I think Hell would freeze over before I went down the Britpart route.
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landy andy



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Delphi just fitted to mine.
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ARC99



Member Since: 19 Feb 2013
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My father had a saying, "You only get what you pay for, if you buy cheap then that's what you get".

You have to remember you rely upon them to stop your vehicle every time you drive it. Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place,
so it doesn't take much to Censored us off.

Richard
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Caterham



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clearly if you live at the bottom of a very steep hill its not a problem as gravity will stop you on the way up Thumbs Up
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williamthedog



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^^^But what's going to stop you when you return to your house?
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Thon



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Specified Zeus to be fitted on mine, together with genuine seals. Zeus are in Dunkeswell so quite convenient for you I would think?
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Caterham



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williamthedog wrote:
^^^But what's going to stop you when you return to your house?



oh yes that could be awkward Embarassed

Mr. Green


I'd go for the stainless pistons. being thinking about doing it for ages myself......
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