Little Brake Fun. Not Really But Really

[Trippen Out]

Started kind of early on this one. I had to replace my rotors and pads and figured why not touch up the calipers. what a night mare that turned out to be. I am sure people will tell me I cant drive on it like this but here Meh. Ended up getting a rebuild kit for the front forgot which side but we put in the new o-ring but putting the dustboot on just would not seat. so we left it as is. No matter how hard we tried we couldnt get it to take on the inside bottom. Also had a bitch of a time getting the push rod back in place nice and even as well. so what should of taken us a couple hours to knock down took us most of the day.

Of course there was rain involved too that kept screwing us up. however there are some pics in volved. so here ya go.

Hopefully they still work and i dont die in the rain testing them out!

 

[chris2523]

you couldn't get the dust boot back on?
not a huge deal, but if you have a dragging caliper down the road, you'll know why.

 

[Trippen Out]

right. its part way one. just couldnt get the bottom of it to tuck in and what not. just doesnt make since.

 

[chris2523]

just a dust boot. i know people who don't run any, and they are still alive. :lol:

 

[dnsherrill]

bummer, my rear caliper rebuild kicked my arse- I feel your pain;
it's a good idea to clean then re-grease those rods that hold the bracket on. re; the paint, if it's painted around the hole where the banjo bolt goes in, that could cause a fluid leak. I put mine all back together this w/e. So far no leaks. what did you use as a guide for rebuilding?

 

[Trippen Out]

guide. what guide actually i saw a you tube video for a rebuild. there isnt much to it. the kit was 4.19 cents at advance. its one oring and one dust boot. to get the cylender out you just pop a air nozzle in the hole where the brack line attachs and it POPS right out. and yes it makes a rather nice pop sound. after that you just peal the oring out of the inside. then lube up the new one with some brake fluid and replace. then put the cylender back in place make sure its nice and even and get it started. from there throw a used brake pad in front of it grab a c-clamp and push it back into place.

in regards to greesing some bolts. I am not sure what banjo bolts are. but there are 2 of these "gimmicks" near the top of the bracket we pulled those out. and yea we greased em up when we put them back in. as far as everything else it was just reassemble. we didnt have to tape much off since we actually pulled them from the car when we painted them. it got a couple coats of high heat primer a couple coats of high heat new ford blue and a couple coats of high heat clear.

as far as cleaning the parts we gave them a good bath in some break cleaner first. then we hit em with a wire wheel after that it was some soap and water love and then prime paint and clear..

we only did the fronts. I am considering if i want to do the rears anytime soon if i do ill order some new rotors for the backs and do it all over again.

 

[dnsherrill]

lookin good, like those rotors, same ones I have on my brown car

 

[Trippen Out]

Yeah they are brake motive. I used them last time got about 2 years out of em but no one wants to cut em for me. so i figured id just get a new set. Ill probably redo the backs here in a few weeks. and paint those ones too..

 

[97MarkJA]

The dust boot isn't that big a deal today, but do yourself a favor and find another set of calipers to rebuild.
It will be fine until you go to put a new set of pads on. All of that dust from the brake pad that is always such a treat to get off the wheel will be embedded on the piston, you can imagine how great that is for the oring as you push the piston back in.

 

[Trippen Out]

The dust boot isn't that big a deal today, but do yourself a favor and find another set of calipers to rebuild.
It will be fine until you go to put a new set of pads on. All of that dust from the brake pad that is always such a treat to get off the wheel will be embedded on the piston, you can imagine how great that is for the oring as you push the piston back in.

Right. Im hoping to find a nice set of cobra brakes to convert over too and not have to worrie about these calipers again.

 

[UltimateSVT]

I love what you did there. I need to do mine as well. Since my car is dark blue I'm also going a similar route. Darker than yours though. They get dirty quick so I'm not painting them a light color. Learned that the hard way.