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Author: pricee - Replies: 12 - Views: 7415
Brake caliper painting
Hi GUYS,
Can anybody recommend a company in south Manchester/Cheshire area to paint my brake calliper's ?

cheer's in advance
Author: Starie - Replies: 16 - Views: 9139
Parking brake
Against the advice of most of you on here I decided to fit a DTUK box to my 2.0 cdti Sri j and was working fine for a few hours then as expected the dashboard imitated a Christmas tree, service vehicle soon was showing intermittently and was going into limp mode with no engine light showing though, removed the box then had it do the same service vehicle soon warning and limp mode about 3-4 times kept stopping and starting the car and then it seemed to be all ok, drove the car for the first time
Author: ryanh1008 - Replies: 0 - Views: 3137
Brake dust cover rattle
I think the dust cover behind one of my discs is rattling. When ever I go down a rough road there is a very annoying rattle, it also rattles when I kick the tyre.

Does anyone know the best way to stop this?
Author: bhalay207 - Replies: 1 - Views: 3451
Brake squeal
I've had my front brake pads changed by Vauxhall last week. I collected it on Monday following my holiday and I've only covered 26 miles since I collected it, however I coming off the duel carriageway today I noticed that they are still squealing. I'm not sure whether this is right or not? I know they need time to bed in but surely they shouldn't squeal?

This is what my discs look like at the minute... Obviously the pads are still bedding in

NSF
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Author: Phild82 - Replies: 3 - Views: 4216
Front brake pads replacement
Hi all I am just wondering if I need a calliper rewind tool to replace the pads on my 2011 Astra j ??
Author: BZone1 - Replies: 16 - Views: 32118
Astra Electric parking brake
Hello Everyone

I'm new in here so bear with me lol

I am a owner of Vauxhall Astra J diesel on a 60 plate and I can't use my electric handbrake I have been down to the mechanics they plugged a computer on and I got the parking brake switch replaced bought a new one from dealers and it still has the same problem all it says on the car's on board computer is SERVICE PARKING BRAKE.

Issue has been going on for a little while now so I wanted to know if you guys have a clue what it might be.
Author: Kippermcflipper - Replies: 5 - Views: 5793
Brake pedal creep
Just a query those of you with a diesel astra j (mine is a 2.0 auto) have you noticed brake pedal creep where if you sit with the engine running - press the pedal down hard and constantly - do you find slowly the pedal drops to the floor?

I have heard all about vacuum depletion of diesels but as I have never seen this before I was wondering if this was a common characteristic of these cars or I have a servo/ master cylinder problem
Author: GJH1985 - Replies: 5 - Views: 5137
Wheel Noise Following New Brake Pads & Discs
I recently purchased a 2010 Astra J 1.4 Turbo.
 Despite the vehicle being purchased from a dealership owned by my cousin, I have had nothing but trouble since.
The latest of a long list is that I had the front discs and pads replaced last weekend (despite later finding out they didn’t need doing in the first place). In any case, all was fine for about 10 minutes after leaving the workshop 4 days ago. Since this point I have been hearing an awful squealing noise coming from the front driver’s
Author: Eddie0892 - Replies: 2 - Views: 3150
Hand Brake Gaiter
Hi Guys,

This may seem like a stupid question. I just managed to source a center console with armrest however didnt come with the gaiter. Would the gaiter from the standard console be the same as the armrest version or do I need to source a new gaiter for it?

I cant check it myself at the moment as my car is at the repair shop from a truck hitting my car when it was parked.
Author: Daniel199025 - Replies: 0 - Views: 3527
Rear brake disc size
Hi everybody. Am just wondering if anybody can tell me what size rear brake discs I need as when I order them it shows me 2 different sizes. My car is 2012 Astra gtc 1.6 180hp cheers in advance