New brake caliper, OE or what?

[Ollie]

I need to replace my brake caliper on the 110, various reasons, the bleed nipple is shot, as are the bolts holding the sandwich together. The caliper works fine for the moment, but I need to remove it to replace the wheel bearings, and in doing do will have to cut the brake line.
So, I'm worried about buying a non LR one, in so much as the other side of the car is still LR.
What I'm trying to ask, is, has anyone bought a non LR caliper, was it OK, as I haven't had much sucess with non genuine parts.

Cheers
Ollie.

[muddyweb]

Brake calipers are expensive... you might want to consider getting a second hand one and overhauling it.. probably cheaper.

I always use branded parts for the braking system.  Your "Land Rover" calipers are most probably girling ones anyway.   OE or OEM stuff is a minimum I would say.

You may find that you can fix yours when you get it off.  A pair of mole-grips or similar will possibly get the old nipple and brake line fitting out.

[V8MoneyPit]

When I replaced mine, I think they came from Paddock. They had a good price on OE ones at the time.

[Eeyore]

Good news; I've done heaps of wheel bearings and never had to sever the brake pipe yet. If you're carefull there should be sufficient flex in the brake pipes to allow you to move the caliper out the way (I use an old butchers hook to hang it off the spring). That way, you can leave replacing the caliper until you really need to, like when funds permit - as has been mentioned, they're not cheap.

It is possible to replace brake nipples by various nefarious means, but it depends on how shot the nipple actually is. Having said that, I've never had to do it myself, but know a few folk who have.

HTH
cheers
 8)
Eeyore

[Guy90]

Good news; I've done heaps of wheel bearings and never had to sever the brake pipe yet. If you're carefull there should be sufficient flex in the brake pipes to allow you to move the caliper out the way (I use an old butchers hook to hang it off the spring). That way, you can leave replacing the caliper until you really need to, like when funds permit - as has been mentioned, they're not cheap.

It is possible to replace brake nipples by various nefarious means, but it depends on how shot the nipple actually is. Having said that, I've never had to do it myself, but know a few folk who have.

HTH
cheers
 8)
Eeyore

I've done loads as well and never lost a brake pipe yet :lol:  :lol: