Rear brake caliper piston dust cover
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Rear brake caliper piston dust cover
Gents,
I'm in the process of fitting new Mich PS4S tyres and Porterfield RS pads.
I've noticed a split in the rubber on the rear caliper piston dust cover.
Trying to find the part is becoming a PITA and I'm sure they're no more than 15 bucks a side.
I wonder if JLR share the F-Type brakes with say the X Type R or XJ or something similar that I can get a cheap replacement for?
Having had a prod around the existing dust cover, I feel it may be retained internally rather than the old fashion way of external bore fixing perhaps?
I'm in the process of fitting new Mich PS4S tyres and Porterfield RS pads.
I've noticed a split in the rubber on the rear caliper piston dust cover.
Trying to find the part is becoming a PITA and I'm sure they're no more than 15 bucks a side.
I wonder if JLR share the F-Type brakes with say the X Type R or XJ or something similar that I can get a cheap replacement for?
Having had a prod around the existing dust cover, I feel it may be retained internally rather than the old fashion way of external bore fixing perhaps?
Last edited by Tel; 01-15-2020 at 10:44 AM.
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Gents,
I'm in the process of fitting new Mich PS4S tyres and Porterfield RS pads.
I've noticed a split in the rubber on the rear caliper piston dust cover.
Trying to find the part is becoming a PITA and I'm sure they're no more than 15 bucks a side.
I wonder if JLR share the F-Type brakes with say the X Type R or XJ or something similar that I can get a cheap replacement for?
Having had a prod around the existing dust cover, I feel it may be retained internally rather than the old fashion way of external bore fixing perhaps?
I'm in the process of fitting new Mich PS4S tyres and Porterfield RS pads.
I've noticed a split in the rubber on the rear caliper piston dust cover.
Trying to find the part is becoming a PITA and I'm sure they're no more than 15 bucks a side.
I wonder if JLR share the F-Type brakes with say the X Type R or XJ or something similar that I can get a cheap replacement for?
Having had a prod around the existing dust cover, I feel it may be retained internally rather than the old fashion way of external bore fixing perhaps?
Coz they have the EPB motor integrated with the caliper on each side and the other Jags which use these size brakes (eg XF, XJ) do not, they have a single central EPB motor which runs two cables, one to each side. The brake pistons are also different so I very much doubt if a piston seal /dust cover from a different model would fit/work on the F-Type.
But at least the rotors are identical across the various models!
I just had a squiz at my old 326 mm rear calipers and I would bet London to a brick that the piston dust covers are exactly the same on both the 326 mm and 376 mm brakes.
I'm fairly sure there are piston seal rebuild kits available for F-Type brakes for not a lot of $, I will have a search and report back.
Edit - that was quick and easy - this kit shows as fitting pretty much all F-Type brakes: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Centric-Rea...AAAOSw93xd0~e5
Last edited by OzXFR; 01-15-2020 at 04:36 PM.
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Thanks - I have dropped a line over to TRW (brake manufacturers) to see, but I'm sure they will only sell the cast iron caliper housings and not the seals separately.
I think it would be useful to have a set of part numbers handy as these are pretty much consumable items in my book.
There's not much in it, and the piston seals/dust cover will be common, but the housings I thinks are slightly different as TRW list them as (Choice of Red, Black or Silver in colour) and either 17'' or 19'' which I guess relates to the wheel size?
https://www.trwaftermarket.com/en/ca...ductGroupId=78
All said, it's still a PITA to renew the covers as they are fitted within the internal bore of the housing which means a strip down, remove the piston to fit.
For just over double the price of the kit you mentioned, i picked up a whole complete NOS OEM T2R7690!!! Crazy!
I think it would be useful to have a set of part numbers handy as these are pretty much consumable items in my book.
There's not much in it, and the piston seals/dust cover will be common, but the housings I thinks are slightly different as TRW list them as (Choice of Red, Black or Silver in colour) and either 17'' or 19'' which I guess relates to the wheel size?
https://www.trwaftermarket.com/en/ca...ductGroupId=78
All said, it's still a PITA to renew the covers as they are fitted within the internal bore of the housing which means a strip down, remove the piston to fit.
For just over double the price of the kit you mentioned, i picked up a whole complete NOS OEM T2R7690!!! Crazy!
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Well, I did some reverse engineering on the eBay add and chased the stock numbers to a company in Germany called ABS.
They make this rebuild kit that is common with the XJ and Audi A4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Q5/7 etc.
First inspection looks like it's all good quality and for only £5.25, an absolute bargain.
Of course most owners most probably won't need these 'till further down the line, when rubbers start to fail, but in case, here's a pic with all the relevant information on it for reference.
They make this rebuild kit that is common with the XJ and Audi A4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Q5/7 etc.
First inspection looks like it's all good quality and for only £5.25, an absolute bargain.
Of course most owners most probably won't need these 'till further down the line, when rubbers start to fail, but in case, here's a pic with all the relevant information on it for reference.
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