Hey guys, I am wondering where you have bought rebuilt FC 5 lug brake calipers in the past. I will need some soon. Closer to Calgary is better!

Thanks
Nima

 

Any parts store like Napa, Carquest, Canadian Tire, Parts Source, etc. can get them. The four piston calipers can be found for ~$120.

 

I got mine from Napa, and they were great. BUT make sure you inspect the threads for the brake line before you leave the store. The first one they gave me had almost no threads left. Had I tried to put the brake line into it, it would have stripped for sure. Once that happens, they wont take it back.
As Snrub said, about $120 is the standard price - but most places will want your old one. It's a pretty heafty core charge too.

 

Or you could just do as i did and rebuild all your calipers.

I rebuilt my 4 pitons front and single piston rears a few years ago and abused the hell of out them (for the amount that i actually driove the car) for the whole summer.

a few of the pistons were seized so they too some convincing to come out but after i cleaned them up and put them back together they worked fine. Checked my pad wear this winter when i stored the car and as even pad wear as you can ask for!

Definatly not something that's hard to do if you buy a the seals, a Haynes manual and have an air compressor handy (BTW Thanks RXprez for the use of the Air Compressor )

Frank

 

Yup, as long as there is no corrosion in the pistons you can do it yourself.

 

Yes true. But my guess is they would have to be sitting a long time and exposed to moisture in order to corrode. The ones I came across were sold to me by a used to be RX-7 enthusiast had had them in his 10 A/E and when they seized just bought new ones and threw these in a bin. Cost me $100 for all 4 calipers and all 4 5 bolt hubs. they were then in a box in a non heated garage for probably 2 - 3 years. So if he's actually using his the rubber seals would have to be totally gone and piston o-rings would have to be leaking in order for moisture/air to get past them and corrode the piston. Either way if you feel up to it i say at least take them apart. Just have to remove the metal clips and rubber seals which is very straight forward and easy to do

 

whats a core charge????

Thanks for the replies.

 

It has more to do with the state of the rubber seals around the pistons. If they split/tear, moisture gets in and they start to corrode. But if the seals look ok, then chances are they aren't corroded.


Core Charge:
When you buy remanufactured parts, you have to give them your old part so they can remanufacture it and sell it to another customer. You have one of 2 choices: 1) You take the broken part off the car and take it with you to exchange it and money for the new piece, or you 2) Go into the store and buy the new piece, plus put down a deposit (core charge) that will be given back to you when you bring back the old part. So the core charge is in essence a deposit that you give in place of the broken piece. You get that back when you bring in the broken part, but you still haveto come up with that deposit (usually on a credit card).