1994 Rover 220 SLi rear brakes 'inefficient' - cost of calipers?

Hour labour per side plus cost of parts.

=============================== Is there a separate pressure regulating valve in the system? If so have you had it checked?

Cic.

There is a pressure regulating valve, it sits under the brake fluid reservoir - however because the parking brake also fails the MOT tests, and is not linked to the hydraulic system, the problem seems localised to the rear brakes... Graham

"GTS" wrote in news:%3Luh.16922$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe1-win.ntli.net:

Sorry to hear it failed again :-(

Replacing calipers isn't usually cheap, unfortunately. They're £64 +VAT each from brakeparts.co.uk, it that's any help.

On the plus side, replacing them isn't a difficult job and you may consider attempting the job yourself *if*, and only if, you're competent to bleed the hydraulic system afterwards. This can be done with an assistant, but a one man bleeding kit (a few quid from you local motor factors) makes the job much quicker and easier.

Stu

Usually I would attempt it myself, although I have only replaced worn pads before, but at present my hand is pinned following a bike accident - it's really frustrating but I just cannot do a lot one-handed! Thank you for the info though - I did see a lot of the places selling calipers on-line offer a trade-in discount for the old calipers - about £40 each. Not sure if any garage will pass that along though... Graham

=============================== I think you've misunderstood the terms.

Many firms will offer an exchange service whereby they will sell you a reconditioned unit at a certain price. That price is (say) £50-00 plus

It would be different if you were buying new units but then the price would probably be much higher.

Cic.