What Did You Do To Your Car Today?

[bamk2f6tornado]

Put a brake pad in and fire compressed air into the brake fluid hole and bobs your uncle. This method got my seized pistons out in 20sec flat

[k31th]

don't have a compressor haha, so will try the brakes method. cheers guys. It needs re-sealing anyway as the dust boots have frayed which has caused the piston to seize in the first place.

[Puffwagon]

Having done hundreds of caliper kits I can confirm using compressed air to pop out the pistons. Reverse pliers can help in some cases. You could pump them out but you'll make a mess, waste brake fluid and get air in the lines. You would ordinarily clamp the lines before removing the caliper to prevent this.

 

You want to buy a couple of caliper kits for your brakes and replace all of the seals etc. You will need to clean the dirt and buildup from the piston and caliper prior to fitting or they will still stick.

 

If the front is sh*t then the back won't be much better and vice versa. Do them all at once as it is cheap enough.

[k31th]

yeah, I've got a seal rebuild kit for the previously known bad one... will have to buy a seal kit for the rear, too, as the dust boots are buggered on the rear-driver single piston caliper, too.

 

Maybe I should just take it to a brake mechanic to get it done, eh?

This thread gives me confidence, though -> http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/90508-photo-essay-rebuilding-brembo-calipers/

[Puffwagon]

What you could do to make life easy is get 4 plastic line clamps, remove all 4 calipers and then take the actual calipers into a shop and get them to fix them all up. Hardly any mess or work involved that way. It's not that hard to do yourself but having the right tools and space is a must for any job.

 

End of the day you choose as you know your abilities and how much work you want to do on it.

[k31th]

indeed... oh well, I'll figure it out.

front-passenger disc and pads... not in good shape haha

 

The stuff that was supposed to go in :)... obviously the replacement disc hasn't gone in and seals didn't get in due to the stuck piston, but at least there's a 3 sets of pads in there

 

and the car how it looked as I worked on it... finally got the motivation, but ran into failure... super fun times

[JETURBO]

Lettuce know how you find the 400's princess 

[Puffwagon]

Yeah it's always something aye? 

[k31th]

2 minutes ago, JETURBO said:

Lettuce know how you find the 400's princess 

Will do

[Ralph Wiggum]

Kthirtyoneth,

Get a price on new replacement calipers from whatever the equivalent of Repco/Coventries on your side of the world.

 

Last time I priced reman a calipers vs brand new units there was SFA in it price wise.