Jameshow
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Sounds like my car, needs checking!
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Sounds like my car, needs checking!
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Front calliper no longer squeaks on the Aygo. New tyres were also fitted today by Black Circles at our local Morrisons - they have an 'express' portacabin in the car park. All very civilised, dropped car off, popped into Morrisons Cafe for a full breakfast. Logged into work, did emails and stuff, wandered out and collected car. The fitter put on longer valves as the previous ones were a bit short and made checking the pressure a pain as you had to remove the wheel trims. He also straightened out a couple of historic dings in the steel rims for us. Commented how good condition the car was - it's not bad for a 15 year old Aygo, and pretty rust worm free.
Fastpedaller
Über Member
My kit car has Escort mk4 track control arms - It should be easy to get new parts. I have a 'spare' new pair on the shelf in my garage, genuine Ford ones, which I also painted before storage. I found them and the oil seals around the inner bearing are split 
- It must be a result of the grease destroying the oil seal 'rubber' so they are effectively scrap, as they have the same failure as the ones already on the car!. An online search found many 'I've never heard of them' brands, but amongst all this I found SKF ones which are listed as having synthetic grease, so maybe they are the ones to go for? Does anyone have any experience of SKF parts (I'd expect them to be good as they are a long-established bearing manufacturer). btw the seals aren't ball joint dust covers or similar and aren't available as a part as far as my searches reveal.
- It must be a result of the grease destroying the oil seal 'rubber' so they are effectively scrap, as they have the same failure as the ones already on the car!. An online search found many 'I've never heard of them' brands, but amongst all this I found SKF ones which are listed as having synthetic grease, so maybe they are the ones to go for? Does anyone have any experience of SKF parts (I'd expect them to be good as they are a long-established bearing manufacturer). btw the seals aren't ball joint dust covers or similar and aren't available as a part as far as my searches reveal.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
I would think any SKF part is good, if expensive.
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
Agree 100%
Jameshow
Veteran
How did you cure the squeak? Might do mine on Saturday....
He dismantled the brake caliper , applied some brake lubricant on the parts of the pads the touch the caliper body
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Aye. Undid both bolts on the calliper, moved the calliper to one side, squirted the calliper and piston with brake cleaner, and left soak in & dry. Removed both sliding pins, cleaned, lubed and re-fitted (this is what the calliper moves on once the bolts are back in). Then removed both pads and cleaned up the stainless 'spring/sliders' and also the edge of the pads, and then applied copper slip. The garage said it was sticking slightly, which was a cause of the occasional squeak as the pads weren't backing off (we are talking a fraction of a mm). Fairly simple job to do, if dirty.
The pads were quite hard to remove from the body, hence needing a bit of a clean up.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Seeing as the Aygo has shiny new tyres, I've also given it a quick wax top up with Colour Magic - it's great on darker coloured cars as it 'hides' any blemishes, especially on older cars.
Fastpedaller
Über Member
Ensure the paste is compatible with catalyst!
It's after the cat, so I would think any exhaust sealant would be ok
Fastpedaller
Über Member
The gasses an migrate backwards (natural EGR), especially if it's a close-coupled cat (I used to work on design/development in car industry)
ETA, I just re-read your note and I'd 'missed' the reference to it being the back pipe flange, so yes, should be ok. Best to be on the safe side, although not essential if it's a lot of hassle to achieve.
ETA, I just re-read your note and I'd 'missed' the reference to it being the back pipe flange, so yes, should be ok. Best to be on the safe side, although not essential if it's a lot of hassle to achieve.
