brake calipers
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Sometimes they are siezed so bad that it's next to impossible to get them out without destroying the piston. Swapping for a rebuilt caliper might just cost you less in the long run if you have to replace pistons, and it's a heck of a lot less frustrating!
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Originally Posted by DriftingB26RX7
yea dude ususally when you get seased up calipers, u need to get new onew or rebuilt ones...dont try to rebuild it your self....unless you have a lot of time on your hands
Its pretty simple, take them off, open them, everything from the kit goes in only one way.
Its pie.
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I don't want to seem to be an ****, but what do you mean by siezed? Are you having a problen getting them to compress? If that's the case then you need the tool to compress them. Must be used to compress the pistons when replacing the pads. The tool can be had at most auto parts stores. It is a cube with 5 slot configurations. Costs about $5.00 as I recall. You might try it before replacing calipers that might be OK.
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I've seen more than one FC - mine included - where the outboard pistons had basically fused themselves to the caliper. I tried everything, including compressed air, but they wouldn't budge. Any more force would have destroyed the piston and/or the caliper, so at that point, I swapped them for rebuilts.
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I fixed them today. i basically had a set of calipers laying around with no pistons in them I had taken them apart awhile back to paint and rebuild but found that they too were siezed but managed to get them out four of them where bad. so I put the good ones away.
So today I took my calipers off and managed to get four more pistons. I bought a rebuild kit for the front calipers and rebuilt a set worked out pretty good I'll have to bleed them tomarrow though.
So today I took my calipers off and managed to get four more pistons. I bought a rebuild kit for the front calipers and rebuilt a set worked out pretty good I'll have to bleed them tomarrow though.
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i really dont understand why everyone wants to use air to blow out their pistons. its stupid and dangerous. it takes little effort with channel locks. all u do with air is risk injuring yourself, have a fun [hell] time making all the pistons come out at once, and blow brake fluid everywhere
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The point of this thread is to see if anyone new of a way i could remove SIEZED caliper piston that's all.
When I took mine apart I still could not take out two of them. even with channel lock or a pipe wrench. my car has been sitting out side under a car cover for a year.
When I took mine apart I still could not take out two of them. even with channel lock or a pipe wrench. my car has been sitting out side under a car cover for a year.
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