Decided to rebuild my calipers....
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Decided to rebuild my calipers....
Was gonna take pictures and everything, do a how-to thread for the ol' archives...
At this point, I want to throw them through the motherfucking wall.
At this point, I want to throw them through the motherfucking wall.
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Originally Posted by trochoid
I trade them in for rebuilt ones, but for the tightass crowd, a How To would be beneficial.
Finally got the damn thing apart, had to run my air compressor into it, and drop it on the floor simultaneously.
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Originally Posted by dantheman
Ya, wasn't worth it to me to rebuild. The rebuild kits are half the price of rebuilt calipers.
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That, or expensive rebuild kits. Maybe they gave him a price for rebuild kits with a new piston? I know the rebuild kits are about $25-30 for all 4 just down the street, and after core charge, all 4 calipers were something like $150.
I have yet to purchase either of them, since the rotors I ordered last month still haven't arrived.
I have yet to purchase either of them, since the rotors I ordered last month still haven't arrived.
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Originally Posted by mr_ouija
That, or expensive rebuild kits. Maybe they gave him a price for rebuild kits with a new piston? I know the rebuild kits are about $25-30 for all 4 just down the street, and after core charge, all 4 calipers were something like $150.
I have yet to purchase either of them, since the rotors I ordered last month still haven't arrived.
I have yet to purchase either of them, since the rotors I ordered last month still haven't arrived.
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Bought them on Ebay from cquencemotors on the 28th. They said it may take up to a week to ship them, but they haven't gave me a tracking number or anything yet, so I am assuming they're not on their way yet.
I wrote them a nice nastygram letting them know that if I don't get something soon, I'll be filing a dispute with paypal.
I wrote them a nice nastygram letting them know that if I don't get something soon, I'll be filing a dispute with paypal.
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dude, rebuilding calipers is a cake walk if you know the easy way to do it. All you have to do is put a brake pad or a piece of wood in the caliper oposite of the piston, then blow compressed air into the fluid hole and pop it out. Then after it is out put the new piston seal, and dust boot in and set the piston on the dust boot. Apply the compressed air again to puff the dust boot out and with some fedangleing get the dust boot around the piston and it all should slide back together.
Hope that helps
Hope that helps
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Originally Posted by wickyc
dude, rebuilding calipers is a cake walk if you know the easy way to do it. All you have to do is put a brake pad or a piece of wood in the caliper oposite of the piston, then blow compressed air into the fluid hole and pop it out. Then after it is out put the new piston seal, and dust boot in and set the piston on the dust boot. Apply the compressed air again to puff the dust boot out and with some fedangleing get the dust boot around the piston and it all should slide back together.
Hope that helps
Hope that helps
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Originally Posted by $100T2
Tried that... It's pretty damn stuck.
The front pots can be a bitch to get out, I used a bike pump with some attachements and they came out with 45PSI. Putting the pot back in was fun especially if you don't use enough seal grease. So use a lot of that orange stuff.
The rears should spin right out. If you're a cheap ***, you can use needly nose pliers, alterantively you can get a caliper tool from Advance, AutoZone or Harbor Freight.
If the rear pots don't spin out even with the rear caliper tool, then the calipers are probably toast. You can try removing the dust boot first, as this may be the source of the hangup.
The last time I checked, the rear calipers were more expensive than the fronts.
Have fun with your brake job, I sure did.
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sounds like the pistons are rust frozen due to moisture getting in the brake fluid. lots of ppl don't know that the brake system needs flushing ever so often. as with wheel cylinders, the inside gets rust pitted and the rubber seal gradually gets worn away with every movement of the piston to the point that the fluid starts getting past it causing leaky cylinders, or u put ur foot on the brake pedal and it slowly goes to the floor. try spraying some WD40 or some kind of rust penatrating spray into the brake line hole and let them sit awhile.
as for the previous poster, he's dealing with a car with brakes that haven't been used in quite awhile so it WILL take a little more effort to get things dissassembled. i just use brake fluid as lubricant. some types of grease might have an ill effect on the rubber seals.
as for the previous poster, he's dealing with a car with brakes that haven't been used in quite awhile so it WILL take a little more effort to get things dissassembled. i just use brake fluid as lubricant. some types of grease might have an ill effect on the rubber seals.
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Originally Posted by breesej
The front pots can be a bitch to get out, I used a bike pump with some attachements and they came out with 45PSI. Putting the pot back in was fun especially if you don't use enough seal grease. So use a lot of that orange stuff.
Rebuild it and reinstall, Blead and then do the other side.
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Don't forget to use a small hone on the inside of the piston bore. I used one of those 3 stone hones that I put into my drill. Its usually pretty caked up from the old sludge and rust in there. Otherwise the new seal will get eaten up pretty quickly and you'll be do this dance again.
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Originally Posted by t_g_farrell
Don't forget to use a small hone on the inside of the piston bore. I used one of those 3 stone hones that I put into my drill. Its usually pretty caked up from the old sludge and rust in there. Otherwise the new seal will get eaten up pretty quickly and you'll be do this dance again.
Or am I missing something?
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Rich, your right but if you leave the sludge in there it's likely to come loose and end up riding the piston side up into the seal and then causing problems. Good point, the piston should be cleanup as well and gone over with some polising cloth or fine steel wool to get any roughness off of them. When I do brakes I clean up all the surfaces because I've been bitten too many times by mr. murphy.