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 How hard are break jobs on old minis?

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 Posted: Apr 12, 2019 03:53AM
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Originally Posted by jedduh01
Brake jobs are easy!
   Typical caliper setups on minis involve Pulling 2 long cotter pins,. and some shims and the pads come right out. (after push the pistons back)

Unlike modern cars ..which have a floating half of the caliper ... Minis have two independant pistons which have to be pushed back into their half of the caliper.  Use a large pair of multi grips to push each piston back in.... slowly.  If you've religiously topped up the maser cyl, be careful, pushing the piston in will force fluid back into the  master and it MAY overflow...
 
Re instalation is pushing the whole caliper Piston back=   CLEAN AND GREASE all contact points and re assemble.

Clean the end of the piston that will slide back into the seals but be VEY SPARING with the rubber grease...

Cheers, Ian


If you still have pad material, there is a good chance cleaning and greasing could solve a squeak..   or the pads have become contaminated and need replacement.

 Front squeak or rear squeak.. just to be sure..Rear drums can make noise too.

Good luck!
 

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Thanks for the info. Ill take a look when im home for easter.

 Posted: Apr 10, 2019 01:00PM
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Brake jobs are easy!
   Typical caliper setups on minis involve Pulling 2 long cotter pins,. and some shims and the pads come right out. (after push the pistons back)
 
Re instalation is pushing the whole caliper Piston back=   CLEAN AND GREASE all contact points and re assemble.

If you still have pad material, there is a good chance cleaning and greasing could solve a squeak..   or the pads have become contaminated and need replacement.

 Front squeak or rear squeak.. just to be sure..Rear drums can make noise too.

Good luck!
 

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Don't worry about brake squeaks. You can pull your wheel and look at the amount of pad material left. It's when your noise is metal to metal grinding, you have to do something.

 Posted: Apr 10, 2019 11:30AM
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As always with this car, as soon as i fixed one thing another problem pops up. This time the brakes are squeaking. I assume this means its time to change the pads. How hard is this to do? Its an 88 rover mini. It seems to be just the fronts so i dont need new shoes yet. Its got manual front discs. Am i gonna need to take the caliper off or do they just slide in from the top like a lot of cars? Id check myself but im away from the car at college right now.