Yes, I know, another topic about my damn calipers... But they are almost done...

I am in the process of rebuilding the calipers today. I have the o-ring in place and the dust boot seated within the caliper but I have having some difficulty getting the piston into the caliper past the dust boot. The top opening for the dust boot is smaller than the diameter of the piston and I jsut don't see how to get the piston through there.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

ehehehehehe

 

Never mind guys - go back to watching college football (or the Petit Lemans). I finally got it... hell ya;!!

 

the best way to learn something is to kick its *** your self good jorb

 

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Ineed it is.

One quick question: How easily should the bracket slide on the caliper pins?

 

It helps to have a second person to stretch the opening in the seal a little.

 

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Anybody have thoughts on this? I have one that slides easily and one side that does not. I don't want to put them back on the car if this is a problem...

 

They should slide pretty easily. If not, just clean the bores in the bracket out and the pins and grease them up.

 

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Word. You'll chew up your outer pads if they get sticky.

(I had one freeze)

 

They are sliding well now.

Well, putting everything back on the car I snapped one of the banjo bolts. I'm such an idiot, but I blame this one on my torque wrench - not sure what happened.

Luckily the dealer has one in stock so at least I know I'll get this damn thing done today.

Update: I located my stock banjo bolts in the garage and replaced both sides with those. Damn, those Goodridge banjo bolts suck, the OEM banjo bolts are so much beefier...


Modified by Flux at 2:41 PM 10/1/2005

 

kicking the dead meat here..

how do you know when you need a rebuild on a caliper?

i just inspected mine today .. it seems like the brake pad only contacts with the outer half of my rotor. on driver side.

why is it doing that and how do i fix it?

 

i agree that the goodridge banjo's are garbage, i broke mine as well

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by itr1244 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">kicking the dead meat here..

how do you know when you need a rebuild on a caliper?

i just inspected mine today .. it seems like the brake pad only contacts with the outer half of my rotor. on driver side.

why is it doing that and how do i fix it?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Check the pad, see if it is wearing incorrectly and is uneven. From there, just grease the slide pins and install the clips back correctly and go from there.

 

yea my R has 75000 miles on it and the calipers seem fine, brakes wearing even and all...maybe im lucky i guess. Of course my engine has blown twice and tranny once...maybe one thing is actually right with my R lol

 

Does it matter which pin goes where? I know on the back it does, but what about the front, bc when i put mine backi forgot which bolt came from. Also how inportant is it to have the backing plates on? (the backing plates that go behind the pads

 

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Which pin are you referring to?

 

the slliding pin for the caliper brackets

 

The pins are the same for the rear - at least they looked the same when i removed them today; mine seized. For the front, the bottom pin only comes off as the top pin is attached to the assembly.

 

easiest way to get the piston in the bore with the dust boot by yourself is to...

1- lube up the o-ring and piston with brake fluid
2- get a air nozzle with a rubber tip
3- stick the air nozzle in the banjo hole firmly, shoot some air in there- which expands the dust boot, and the piston slides right in.

No screwdrivers involved, no ripping of the boots, etc...nice and easy