Thread: brake calliper rebuild

Hi Kelvin, theye are easy to rebuild, wierd how they are only on the left....

There should be a tutorial in the good oil?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSqKxAXDrOI]Land Rover 90 - BRAKE CALIPER REMOVAL AND OVERHAUL - YouTube[/ame]

These guys split the caliper body, this is NOT how I do it as the Orings do not come in the piston and seal kits. (Edit: I just noticed he didn't show you how to fit the actual caliper piston main seals, but that is pretty self explanitory.)

JC

If you have time up your sleeve, buy new calipers from the u.k., works out quite cheap

There dead easy to do but I would say you will be looking at two pistons and there rather expensive here. But a good seal kit from a brake shop should be cheap and have the channel seals in the kit either mcx or ibs kits are fine. Good luck getting the seized piston out tho. And once it's apart I sand blast the calipers before reassembly any questions just fire a pm I build up all sorts of calipers

While the caliper is still on the vehicle take the pad out of the seized piston side and pump it loose with firm pedal pressure. You'll probably find it's the outside pistons that are sticking as they haven't retracted therefore wearing the pads prematurely. If they haven't rusted a good clean of the piston and cavity will get it all working gain.

Originally Posted by Vern

If you have time up your sleeve, buy new calipers from the u.k., works out quite cheap

Unfortunately I have seen some absolute rubbish calipers from UK, one pair I got a while back the pads literally fell straight through

Better getting a secondhand set of genuine ones here , Puma ones are the same.


JC

For the price of the pistons alown I think would cover the price of a good late model caliper the last ones I got I think we're 40 bucks or so each to me(from memory) so 70 or 80 each to you plus kits so I would go down the second hand road and get a pair if ones knackerd the other generally wont be far behind and as Justinc said avoid aftermarket knock offs

Originally Posted by justinc

Hi Kelvin, theye are easy to rebuild, wierd how they are only on the left....

Could it be that the trip to the beach and being parked together with the wind blowing sand into the wheels seizing the calipers?

It will be rusted in there the boots on the calipers are junk it's realy just a dust seal and its not even very good at that.