The study of a radiator

[Stivino]

Congratulations on your buying skills. It takes real talent to order a crappy no-name caliper and open the box to find a recon one in there! (Assuming that's what it is, or course...). Slightly more curious as to how anyone can be ham-fisted enough to "break" a brake caliper?

Ate (Teves) are certainly not "no-name" parts. They are a top brake company, who's parts have been original equipment on European cars for a very long time. I remember then being on Mercedes, BMW, Opel, the first Cavaliers had them, too. As the box is marked "exchange" it is clear that it is a re-con inside, there should be no problem with it.

 

[Avocet]

Ate (Teves) are certainly not "no-name" parts. They are a top brake company, who's parts have been original equipment on European cars for a very long time. I remember then being on Mercedes, BMW, Opel, the first Cavaliers had them, too. As the box is marked "exchange" it is clear that it is a re-con inside, there should be no problem with it.

Indeed, but Nutjob didn't deliberately order that. He just ended up receiving it, completely by chance, and was trying to claim some kind of superpower for ordering parts...

 

[Avocet]

Not really. The caliper was simply too heavy for my hand to spin it back onto the hose. If my hand was more substantial with ham, it could have worked. This issue appeared to be a common occurrence and others suffered from it also. But it's just one of those things that came with experience. This lesson cost me £150 all included - new unit, hose, and family sized pot of brake fluid. I spun off the caliper because I didn't want to risk breaking the hard line. Was investigating lack of fluid for one wheel. Now looks like valve in ABS stuck closed.

So... let me get this right then... You stripped that, by trying to spin the caliper on with your frail and delicate hand?

No. You cross-threaded it by hand, and then you were mechanically inept enough to keep heaving on the spanner until you'd completely mullered the thread all the way up...

 

[DiyNutJob]

As the box is marked "exchange" it is clear that it is a re-con inside, there should be no problem with it.

Exchange just means you exchange the old one for a new one. There is no guarantee it's a recon. In any case, I am not going to spend any more to return the old one. The ebay seller didn't ask for it.

 

[DiyNutJob]

Indeed, but Nutjob didn't deliberately order that.

If you have the skill, you wouldn't need to be deliberate. The right part will just come to you. You just need to set up the conditions for such an occurrence.

So... let me get this right then... You stripped that, by trying to spin the caliper on with your frail and delicate hand?

No. You cross-threaded it by hand, and then you were mechanically inept enough to keep heaving on the spanner until you'd completely mullered the thread all the way up...

Sounds to me you have made this error before. I haven't, and never had to play with the hoses. The 22 year old hose was in perfect condition in any case.