Brake-Rattle And Roll.....

[CaptainSherlock]

Hello, I feel that my IS200 is suffering from the dreaded
‘sticking callipers’ on the front wheels.

My 'old school' mechanic is keen to clean them up, yet
would you recommend replacing instead?

Thank you.

[lexus22]

Re done mine recently, Big Red sell caliper rebuild kit for £35.00 ish, so worth giving it a go yourself, having said that, I have no idea how much new/refurbed calipers are.

[ColinBarber]

if it is just the sliding pins corroded then these can normally be extracted, cleaned up and re-greased.

[petayV8]

If your IS is a later year it might be worth trying to rebuild it, because mine is 13 years old it made more sense to just replaced mine... and the above, try and source the exact problem. It was the pistons on mine so a re-grease didnt solve much for me. and i couldnt find anywhere that just sold pistons for this car

[ChrisIS200SportTTE]

Rebuild is a lot cheaper. For OEM callipers your looking at £200 per calliper just for the part.

[petayV8]

btw my other caliper is still going Chris! hope it last before i sell her in March ;)

I was talking to my friend whos gonna MOT my car next month he said its normal for even new cars to have a bit of imbalancement and said it shouldnt be a problem

[ChrisIS200SportTTE]

Good news Pete :)

I had my MOT last Monday and the brake balance test showed just 3% imbalance as opposed to 24% last year. 2 new callipers for me and what a difference it's made! My mate who MOT'd it said it's better than some cars going through their first MOT at 3 years old! If your imbalance is more than 25% it will fail mate.