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[TheBoy]

[TheBoy]

Anyone near brakkers got a spare rear calliper? 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Tightarse......Shame on you.

[jonny2112]

Not bad. 1000 miles? Less?? 

[05omegav6]

Got one here which you're welcome to... define 'near' though

[tunnie]

Not bad. 1000 miles? Less?? 

Sounds about right 

Anyone near brakkers got a spare rear calliper? 

Trip to the scrappy?

[TheBoy]

Got one here which you're welcome to... define 'near' though

Nearer

My definition is somewhere I can drive to with a seized caliper 

[TheBoy]

Trip to the scrappy?

My first thought, but doubt I'd be able to get it off, as I suspect that field will be a tad boggy, and with no wheels on the car, the callipers are pretty much holding the cars up...

[TheBoy]

For comparison... ...new ones...

[05omegav6]

Got one here which you're welcome to... define 'near' though

Nearer

My definition is somewhere I can drive to with a seized caliper 

Well technically you'd make it....

....if you drove like Tunnie...

Joking aside, is TBE broken could you make it to Heathrow? Guessing Swidnod is a stretch being cross country

[tunnie]

If you are seriously up sh!t creak, I do know where there is a silver 3.2 spare   

Guessing you need it next week?

Think taking a jack down there, it would just dig into the soft mud. 

[TheBoy]

Any trip more than a few miles would have to be a one way trip, judging by the damage to that pad's backing plate - I heard that familiar metal on metal noise on Thursday morning driving in, and I drove home that evening, trying to avoid the brakes, as after each application, there was a metal on metal sound for several miles.

Possibly due to lack of tools, I can't free off the calliper, and the outboard dust seal has failed (the outboard is the sticking one).

[05omegav6]

If you are seriously up sh!t creak, I do know where there is a silver 3.2 spare   

Guessing you need it next week?

Think taking a jack down there, it would just dig into the soft mud. 

Two quite bright people and not a braincell between you

Use a boot carpet from another car to put under the jack, it will sink a little but you're talking two bolts and a pair of snips/hacksaw on the brake line. Once the car is a bit off the ground use either a spare wheel or an inlet manifold under the trailing arm

[TheBoy]

If you are seriously up sh!t creak, I do know where there is a silver 3.2 spare   

Guessing you need it next week?

Think taking a jack down there, it would just dig into the soft mud. 

Two quite bright people and not a braincell between you

Use a boot carpet from another car to put under the jack, it will sink a little but you're talking two bolts and a pair of snips/hacksaw on the brake line. Once the car is a bit off the ground use either a spare wheel or an inlet manifold under the trailing arm

I tried a door once to jack one up, and failed .  Admittedly, it was using the jack that GM supply - its not feasible to carry a trolley jack in there.

[05omegav6]

Principle still stands... if your forced to use a standard jack, then that helps access Pop into WHSmiths on the way and buy the latest Katie Price hardback and use as a jackstand, failing that, an old Haynes manual would do the job, or better still, a crash bar face down to set the jack in

I wouldn't use body panels though, as the crumple quite unpredictably...