June 2008
Hi, i recently replaced the pads on my 1993 405 GLDT and i noticed that one of the caliper slides has siezed. It won't budge. I fitted the pads and the brakes work fine but i need to get this fixed asap. My question is how? Is there a repair kit available and how do i fit it? Or will i need to replace the caliper mounting bracket and can this be bought seperatly from the caliper?
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OK, this is something I really do get a bee in my bonnet about.
I've been trawling a few sites today gathering information for Mrs Bong!'s new car. What has really struck me is just how bad a lot of these sites are, cumbersome, hard to navigate, spawning new windows (whatever happened to tabs) all over the shop and so on. It's all the worse for us Mac users, most designers seemingly don't even consider that someone may use the site from anything other than a PC.
Just aborted an attempt to use both the Ford and Citroen configuration functions because they simply didn't work for me!
I could go on, I recently stopped dealing with a certain online IFA because their site was hopeless in the Mac / Safari world - security not working, nothing sized correctly etc. - the reply to my complaint was a whole list of instructions on how set up IE7 on a PC! Maybe they don't miss my pension, or the company's scheme, or my ISAs, or my wife's pension, or (you get the drift).
Do these companies not realise that the demographic shows the typical Mac user as being at the top end of the disposable income scale?
I feel better now.
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Considering they're probably the world's biggest car manufacturer now (and definitely the richest) the Toyota UK site is stuck in the dark ages, especially the used car section.
Good morning
I may have to drive Edinburgh to Inverness next month departing around 5pm. What's the A9 like - is it an easy drive or am I likely to get stuck behind refigerator lorries on double white lines? Read more
Drove the A9 yesterday evening s/b, rounding Inverness at around 18:00. Absolutely delightful run at near M/way speeds all the way to the M80 at Dunblane. Less fun going north on Friday 23 May when it had its share of trucks and tractors.
Agree with others about the need for care with dual/single sections and farm track etc crossings.
Why is it that drivers of diesel engined BMW, Audi, Mercedes and VW cars speed along dual carriageways well in excess of the speed limit ?
Today I lost count with the number of drivers who must have been doing well in excess of 90 mph along the A46 and not for the first time either.
Obviously fuel prices must be still way too cheap for such drivers.
Don't these drivers give a toss about the safety of other roads users as they speed past other vehicles that are travelling considerably slower ?
Don't they care about conserving fuel for the future and reducing air pollution if they reduce their speed ? Read more
Cars dont speed, people do, and bad drivers drive badly whatever they drive.
Generally speeders seem to have poor timekeeping skills hence they need to make up the difference, although usually the risks dont amount to much of a gain in time.
Such is life. In our car when someone does something silly, we have a lil prayer that they will be leaving the road very soon, hopefully not taking anyone but themselves out at the same time. Its the best you can hope for.
Tailgating people driving at the legal limit is quite frankly, more unacceptable than speeding as such, atleast to me.
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Thanks for the replies.
I,ve not tried anything yet other than hitting it with a hammer, lol
Yes the caliper bolts to the carrier with two 13mm bolts