Front Nearside Brake Sticking

[davidrose55]

When I purchased my IS 200 some months back I was advised that the piston in the front nearside brake caliper was not releasing. I took it to a garage, and a mechanic managed to free it. It has been perfect since that date, however when parked the car the other night, I noticed that the same wheel was not running freely again. Is this a problem with the IS 200.

[TigerFish]

Seems to be an issue with a lot of the Lexus models, my GS300 has the same issues from time to time.

[boddamloon]

Yes its easy enough to do just remove pads and give it all a good clean and copper grease on all moving/metal to metal parts

[sparkystav]

I had the same on mine, in the end got a new caliper off eBay.

quite a few Lexus models share the same calipers, IS,GS, and non turbo Supra as well.

Stav

[davidrose55]

I had the same on mine, in the end got a new caliper off Ebay.

quite a few Lexus models share the same calipers, IS,GS, and non turbo Supra as well.

Stav

Thanks mate, how much did you pay for it?

[sparkystav]

Can't remember it wasnt a brand new one, but new to me from a breakers worked perfectly though till i upgraded.

Stav

[VVProtocolVV]

I got charged £282.87 for one NSF brake caliper (including labour), bleed brakes and new front pads £179 (at £99 per Hr labour), oh and £1.30 for brake fluid. In all £463.17. This was done though lexus dealer, wish i took it down the road and got Toyota garage to do it (which I later found out thats where they take the car anyway!). This is where i get slagged off for paying that much and can be done by corsavandal (forum user) for a fraction of the price and sparkystav will under cut him by £5. lol

[boddamloon]

not cheap then.............

[sparkystav]

LOL i won't bother this time.

At least you can be confident its done properly.

Stav

[T22DLH]

you can get a caliper repair kit from lexus its about 60 quid, i had the same problem. put in new seals and its like brand new again.