Mattr5uk 20 5 Cars Posted July 3, 2013 Can these be stripped and refurbed/freed up as I think both mine are playing up on my 1.9. New rear discs and pads but after a few hard pumps on the brakes the o/s holds up a little on the brake rollers and the n/s is a bit lower than I'd like to see. With the new MOT regs this is going to cause a problem. I'm not convinced the callipers are a problem as the handbrake pulls up ok and they both wind back fine. Unable to bleed rear brakes ATM as both nipples are seized so im going to have to sort them when I take the compensators off anyway but I don't want to replace the compensators if they can be fixed? Has anyone had any joy sorting these? Excuse my life story as always Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miles 331 1 Cars Posted July 3, 2013 Not as far as I know as it's a sealed unit, It is odd thou I have replaced around 10 of these this year Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mattr5uk 20 5 Cars Posted July 4, 2013 Thought that would be the case. Where's the best place for replacements? I would expect to be changing a few more of them now the rear brake balance has been changed on the mot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheReaperWaits 6 1 Cars Posted July 4, 2013 When I went looking for new compensators I was quoted £75 each... Not wanting to spend that much i ended up redoing the brake lines without them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welshpug 1,646 Posted July 4, 2013 Crikey, i got some from gsf for less for a pair! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheReaperWaits 6 1 Cars Posted July 4, 2013 Funnily enough I believe it was a GSF... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welshpug 1,646 Posted July 4, 2013 that's odd, maybe the price has gone up, even the pair I got from a Bosch stockist on special order for my ZX from Germany was under £100 the pair last year (look the same, 50% higher braking pressure!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
base-1 17 Posted July 4, 2013 GSF website says £50.40 each at the moment, suppose if you can get trade it would be under a ton for two Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welshpug 1,646 Posted July 4, 2013 indeed, I never go by the website nor do the guys in the local branch! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mattr5uk 20 5 Cars Posted July 4, 2013 Well they definitely cannot be stripped down, cut one up today to have a look. Pretty crappy inside, managed to source 2 new Bosch ones from Ecp. Going to see how the rears perform on the rollers with the valves removed before I fit them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anthony 1,002 Posted July 5, 2013 What front brakes are you running? If they're standard 1.9 GTi then you'll have the rears locking prematurely without the compensators, although a compensator-less setup does work well with say GTi-6 brakes on the front in my experience. Obviously if you're purely testing to see some caparitive numbers on the brake rollers then that's fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mattr5uk 20 5 Cars Posted July 5, 2013 Do they lock up undriveably early? It was to see what difference it made on the readings and see if it was the cause of the bind. If it wasn't likely to cause a problem I would keep it like it but its on standard 1.9 set up so looks like its going cause an issue. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheReaperWaits 6 1 Cars Posted July 5, 2013 After I removed mine the fronts would always lock before the rears would. Went through brake checks no problem... Not saying it won't do what Anthony says. Just sharing my personal experience. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
