205 rear calipers

[shimmey69]

ok the passenger side rear caliper on my 205 has ceased we believe as took it for pre MOT check and was barely stopping at all, so my question is is there any quick fix trick i could try or if anyone has a spare one going up for grabs???

also what other vehicle could i look for at scrap yard that will be the same i could steal off??? as 205 gti are rarer that rocking horse sT in a scrappy

[Swervin_Mervin]

Certainly all the later PSA cars share the same rear calipers, but I've never seen a 205's to tell. Even my 1992 mk1 Clio had the same rear calipers as my wife's 1998 Xsara VTS.

If that helps.

[number2301]

You can buy them refurbed for about £60 which is what I'd always go for. Otherwise I'm sure they're common across all sorts of French stuff of the age, Clios, R19s etc.

[pulsar_scott]

Could you not strip the caliper down, sand smooth the corrosion off the piston and rebuild it? I got another year out of my old XR2 front caliper by doing that. Just watch the seals when disassembling it.

[Swervin_Mervin]

number2301 said:

You can buy them refurbed for about £60 which is what I'd always go for. Otherwise I'm sure they're common across all sorts of French stuff of the age, Clios, R19s etc.

This is what I did. GSF.

[BazT]

You can work the piston ina nd out, or remove it completely, clean up any corrosion with very light wet&dry etc and re-fit with a little lube. The sliders also can seize up, the same really, get them out, clean them up and re-grease, re-fit.

CAreful though, later PSA cars don't have the same calipers despite what's said above, they look identical but have a bigger piston. May cause un-even braking if not fitted as a pair.

HTH!

[shimmey69]

thanks for all the replies, i have also been told that it may well be a brake compensator AKA a brake pressure valve that are noturious for failing! i have to change the rear pads anyway so i can check if the caliper is ceased then!

any one know a step by step online guide to pad changes, as i cant find my haynes book of lies!!

[jord294]

if it's the passenger side caliper that's low on effort, it could quite well be the o/s compensator at fault

one way to fix is to do away with both compensators

as price for handed compensators are around £44 each from main dealer

[shimmey69]

thank all for the help, it was the passenger side conpensator that was at fault, £30 from GSF and all sorted and a year MOT now attached!!!

[BazT]

Excellent, have fun!