25-05-15, 09:04 PM
(25-05-15, 08:16 PM)Jules-C link Wrote:[quote author=His Dudeness link=topic=17081.msg197013#msg197013 date=1432561080]
You could remove the dust seal and temporarily only have the fluid seal in the caliper. The dust seal is just there to stop dirt getting in at the fluid seal. If you're replacing them anyway you could temporarily remove the dust seal and get the caliper back together and working. The caliper will work fine without the dust seal but it's a temporary bodge to get you to a mechanic if that's what you want to do. Don't leave it out for more than a few miles though. Locked on brakes or no brakes is no joke.
Took the dust seals out of mine as quick fix to get it through MOT as didn't have time to overhaul replacement caliper. It's been about 15 months now and still haven't got around to overhauling and fitting the new(er) caliper.
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It's still not something I'd be recommending people to do. I'd only use it to get out of a jam. It is the brakes after all and they're there for a reason. The dust seal always seems to be the one to start sticking on because it's doing it's job stop all the dirt getting to the important fluid seal.