Zerohour Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Supposed to help my brother move today and came out to my Legacy L this morning. Leakiing brake fluid on right front. These are single pot calipers. Does anyone know if the 2-pots are a direct replacement? I planned on digging into this in the spring, but I'm now in a bind and part stores are closing early and tomorrow. I already need to replace caliper and pads (fluid soaked). So Might as well do the upgrade ad replace both calipers. Also, do the 2-pot clear the factory 14" wheels? I have 14" with snows for winter. Any info is greatly appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnegg Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Also, do the 2-pot clear the factory 14" wheels? I have 14" with snows for winter. if you replace the caliper you must also replace the rotors. and no, the 14" wheels will not clear the 2 pot calipers. buy a used caliper and install it . then do the upgrade in the spring. is the caliper leaking? or the flexible brake hose? or the metal brake line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerohour Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 Thanks for the quick response. Yes, upgrade would be rotors/pads/calipers. I meant at minimum I have to do calipers and pads, hence why not upgrade. Shame 2 pots won't clear the 14" wheels. I'll get on the horn and make some calls for a caliper. I have not pulled the wheel yet. It's seeping down from the center, so I suspect caliper. Either way I might be pulling the hose as well. The bleed screw and hose where frozen when I attempted to bleed the brakes 2 months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zues Marine Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 what 2 pots? for the WRX ones you'll need the caliper brackets also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erickrocks1126 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 This doesn't directly answer your question(s), but... This summer I replaced the both front calipers, pads, and rotors on my car. I put the links to the parts I purchased/installed. See post 3919. http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/did-you-do-your-2nd-generation-subaru-todayi-v2-200437p262.html They've held up/worked great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerohour Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 what 2 pots? for the WRX ones you'll need the caliper brackets also So Legacy L's have a single piston caliper, caliper piston sits in the "pot" where the brake fluid is held. One piston = one pot. The outback's and forester's have a two pot setup and generally regarded as an upgrade from the one pot setup. The later WRX's have 4 pot setups, however with factory drums the 4 pots would make my old Lego wagon brake like a wild mule. As for an update, need two new calipers. Bleed screw sheared clean off on the "good side". Since I am in a pinch to keep my winter ride on the road, I've purchased two reman's calipers from advance auto. They came with new pins and boots. This was honestly more cost and time efficient then rebuilding the originals. Net price was $60 a side after some slick internet discounts. As I've now vested more money then I wanted into the original setup, I won't be doing a 2 pot upgrade in the spring. :-( I did however pick up red caliper paint. Since I'm stuck with these, and the calipers are new/clean, I painted them. No regrets. http://instagram.com/p/xZY-USOa6I/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zues Marine Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 ^http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1265631 276x24mm This uses a two piston sliding front caliper and there are three caliper/bracket designs. One for the 91-94 Legacy SS/TW, an early Legacy 2.5GT/Impreza RS bracket (~96-99), and a Later RS/GT bracket (03+). It's possible to exchange some of these calipers onto taller WRX brackets as long as the pad shapes match. Applications: 91-94 Legacy turbo 96-01 Legacy GT 96-01 Outback 00-04 Legacy non-GT 98+ Impreza RS/TS/2.5i 98+ Forester Some non-us BRZ/FRS/86 models. 294x24mm 295x25.5mm This is the WRX front rotor. It uses a two piston sliding front caliper or the Subaru fixed 4-pot. The sliding caliper, bracket, and pad were changed in 03 and that's something you need to be aware of when upgrading from RS brakes or purchasing pads. The 4-pots are only on the 06-07 WRX in the US, though they were on many older non-US STis and WRXes (the black calipers with Subaru across them). Generally 16" wheels are required with these brakes but there are some 15" wheels out there that work. Also 16x6.5 Subaru wheels do not clear 4-pots. Applications: 01 Legacy GT LTD? 02-04 Legacy GT 05-09 Legacy non-gt * 01-09 Outback 02+ Impreza WRX (including 08, which uses 2-pots) 03+ Forester Baja BRZ/FRS/GT86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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