bamk2f6tornado Bronze Donating Members 777 Member For: 11y 1m 6d Gender: Male Location: Rockhampton Qld Posted 11/05/17 08:26 PM Share Posted 11/05/17 08:26 PM 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 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,125 Member For: 16y 8m 30d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 11/05/17 11:35 PM Share Posted 11/05/17 11:35 PM 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Trust me bro... Gold Donating Members 16,045 Member For: 9y 11m 11d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 12/05/17 12:30 AM Share Posted 12/05/17 12:30 AM 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,125 Member For: 16y 8m 30d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 12/05/17 12:36 AM Share Posted 12/05/17 12:36 AM 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Trust me bro... Gold Donating Members 16,045 Member For: 9y 11m 11d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 12/05/17 12:48 AM Share Posted 12/05/17 12:48 AM 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,125 Member For: 16y 8m 30d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 12/05/17 01:05 AM Share Posted 12/05/17 01:05 AM 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 7m 9d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 12/05/17 01:11 AM Share Posted 12/05/17 01:11 AM Lettuce know how you find the 400's princess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Trust me bro... Gold Donating Members 16,045 Member For: 9y 11m 11d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 12/05/17 01:11 AM Share Posted 12/05/17 01:11 AM Yeah it's always something aye? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,125 Member For: 16y 8m 30d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 12/05/17 01:14 AM Share Posted 12/05/17 01:14 AM 2 minutes ago, JETURBO said: Lettuce know how you find the 400's princess Will do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 3m 17d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 12/05/17 02:47 AM Share Posted 12/05/17 02:47 AM 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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