Calipers-what rebuild brand you had luck with?

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May 27, 2012 | 06:55 AM

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AGreen

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It's been like that for a while actually.

"You want me to work 40 hrs a week!?.... I want more pay."

I hope the rebuild kit works out for you.

May 27, 2012 | 09:03 AM

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clokker

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Originally Posted by jdonnell

Sadly, Made in America is no longer what it was.

Why do you assume that your calipers were refurbed in the US and even if they were that they'd be of higher quality than anyone else's?

May 27, 2012 | 09:30 AM

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sharingan 19

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Originally Posted by AGreen

FYI for anyone rebuilding their calipers. If you have cast iron calipers (not sure if the rears are or not, I've never even touched them in over 8 years of owning my car) then you can in fact hone them. If they're aluminum, don't even bring that stupid hone anywhere near them. Honing calipers is not for removing pits, it's pretty much only for cleaning them up just a little. If they're pitted badly then they are junk, as Clokker said.

Everything gets cleaned with surgical precision, and you only lubricate the internals with brake fluid. I did a writeup for rebuilding the rear calipers on a GSL-SE. Some stuff can still apply, obviously the parking brake stuff can be ignored.
https://www.rx7club.com/1st-gen-archive-71/brakes-how-rebuilding-se-rear-calipers-855449/

Great writeup, but I think I'm just gonna get some reman rear calipers